Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On a single day in 2000, a three-man crew floated into the ISS and began an unbroken streak of off-world living that still runs today.
On November 2, 1947, a wooden flying boat the size of a building lifted off Long Beach harbor, then never flew again.
On November 2, 1936, the BBC began broadcasting from Alexandra Palace, inventing television as a daily public service.
