Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
A textile worker and amateur parachutist orbited Earth 48 times in 1963, beating the entire U.S. crewed program to the milestone.
A coal dealer's office in Detroit hosted the 1903 signing that, within a decade, would put much of America on wheels.
A nickel bought a six-mile-an-hour gravity ride in 1884 — and launched the amusement-park industry from a Brooklyn boardwalk.
