Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On June 21, 2004, a sleek experimental rocket plane carried a single pilot past the edge of space without a dime of government money.
On June 21, 1948, a room-sized machine in Manchester ran a program stored in its own memory, the genetic blueprint of every computer since.
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution, the magic number that turned a proposal into the law of the land.
