Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
A unanimous Court declared separate schools inherently unequal, overturning "separate but equal" and reshaping American civil rights.
America's most famous horse race debuted in Louisville, won by a small chestnut colt and a 19-year-old jockey before 10,000 spectators.
Twenty-four brokers under a Wall Street tree signed two sentences that grew into the world's largest stock exchange.
