Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
Days after sinking HMS Hood, the pride of the German navy was hunted down and destroyed; only a fraction of its crew survived.
Before a single car crossed, roughly 200,000 people paid a quarter each to walk across San Francisco's new record-setting bridge.
On a damp island in the Neva delta, Peter laid a fortress that would become Russia's window on the West and its capital for two centuries.
