Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
When humanity first drove a vehicle on another planet, the trailblazer weighed just 23 pounds and crept along at a stroll.
On July 4, 1776, thirteen British colonies declared themselves free states — and gave the world a creed about equality and consent.
In 1054 a new star blazed in Taurus, bright enough to read by at midday — the death of a star we now call the Crab Nebula.
