Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
Before any astronaut could land on the Moon, the spidery lunar module had to prove it could fly with people aboard.
The world's most-performed opera was hissed at its debut, and its composer died never knowing it would triumph.
Montreal students swapped a bouncing ball for a flat wooden disk, and modern ice hockey was born indoors.
