Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
With an exchange of letters in 1961, Kuwait ended a 62-year British protectorate and stepped onto the world stage as a sovereign nation.
Word of freedom reached Texas two and a half years late, and the day it arrived became a holiday that outlived the delay.
On June 19, 1846, two clubs squared off at Elysian Fields in what is often called baseball's first true match game.
Born on June 19, 1623, Pascal grew from a teenage geometry prodigy into a pioneer of calculating machines and probability.
