Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
Four months after Apollo 11, a lightning-struck Saturn V still delivered two more astronauts to the lunar surface.
Asked for "a few appropriate remarks," Lincoln spoke just 272 words — and redefined what the Civil War was for.
On a 17-ship return crossing, Columbus anchored off an island the Taino called Boriken and renamed it for a saint.
