Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
In June 1979, the first Polish pope returned home and lit a spark that helped bring down the Iron Curtain.
NASA's first robotic lander touched down gently on the Moon and beamed home thousands of images that paved the way for Apollo.
Against her prime minister's advice, the young Queen let cameras into Westminster Abbey, and millions watched at home.
On June 2, 1924, a single stroke of the presidential pen made some 125,000 Native Americans citizens of a country built on their land.
A 22-year-old inventor walked into the British Patent Office and claimed the invisible airwaves for human messages.
