Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
When Soviet tanks refused to leave Afghanistan, an American president turned the Summer Games into a weapon of protest.
After Bloody Sunday's beatings, marchers finally walked out of Selma toward the state capitol, shielded by federalized troops.
Governor Austin Peay signed the first U.S. law banning the teaching of evolution, setting the stage for the Scopes trial.
The Baroque master of counterpoint, whose works underpin Western classical music, was born in the Thuringian town of Eisenach.
