Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On this day in 1969, a slender white delta lifted off from Toulouse and opened the brief, glamorous age of supersonic passenger travel.
No television, no footage of the final basket - just 4,124 fans and a record that still stands.
On this day in 1949, a B-50 bomber and four mid-air refuelings carried a crew around the entire planet without ever touching down.
