Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
In 1979, on the White House lawn, two longtime enemies signed the first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state.
In 1953, a researcher told the nation by radio that he had tested a vaccine against the disease parents feared most.
In 1830, a small-town New York print shop put 5,000 copies of a new American scripture on sale for the first time.
