Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On his 41st birthday, an escaped convict admitted to the assassination that silenced America's most powerful voice for civil rights.
Three days after patenting his device, Bell spoke a few words down a wire and started the telephone age.
To pay for the Civil War, the Union printed legal-tender notes whose green backs gave them a lasting nickname.
