Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
At the Brandenburg Gate, with the Berlin Wall behind him, the U.S. president issued a challenge that outlived the Cold War.
On June 12, 1967, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled that no state could forbid a couple to marry because of their race.
A red-checked notebook handed over for a 13th birthday became one of the most-read accounts of the Holocaust.
