Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
Days after Slovenia declared independence, federal tanks rolled toward its borders, opening a ten-day war and the violent end of Yugoslavia.
A sitcom star fed a paper voucher into a wall in Enfield and walked away with cash, inventing a daily ritual for billions.
After three years and 46,000 miles, a lone sea captain ghosted into Newport harbor at 1 a.m. and into the record books.
An armed mob with gunpowder-blackened faces stormed an Illinois jail and shot the Latter-day Saint movement's founder and his brother.
