Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
When it opened in 1883, the steel-cabled span over the East River was the longest suspension bridge on Earth.
In 1844 four words tapped from Washington to Baltimore proved that information could outrun the fastest horse.
On a spring day in 1830, a slim book of children's verse gave the world one of the most familiar rhymes ever written.
