Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On a July morning in 1969, a 363-foot rocket lifted three astronauts toward humanity's first landing on another world.
Nearly 174,000 paying fans squeezed in for the World Cup final - and went home heartbroken.
Before dawn on July 16, 1945, a New Mexico desert flashed brighter than the sun as the world's first nuclear device exploded.
