Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On November 21, 1969, a permanent ARPANET link between UCLA and Stanford Research Institute marked the internet's quiet beginning.
On November 21, 1783, two Frenchmen drifted across Paris in a Montgolfier balloon, the first humans to fly untethered.
After a battering 66-day Atlantic crossing, a single weathered ship dropped anchor off Cape Cod and changed American history.
