Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
Twelve days after an avalanche buried her in her sleep, the Japanese climber reached the top of the world's highest peak.
A finger-sized synthetic ruby, jolted by a strobe lamp, produced humanity's first burst of coherent light in a Malibu lab.
Hollywood's first Oscars night handed out twelve statuettes in roughly fifteen minutes over dinner, with winners already known.
