Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
At Montreal 1976, a 14-year-old scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics - and the board flashed 1.00 because nobody thought it possible.
In 1968, two Fairchild defectors started a company whose chips would power the personal computer age.
In 64 CE, a fire near the Circus Maximus tore through ancient Rome and seeded one of history's most enduring rumors.
