Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
Two brothers signing a modest distribution deal in a Hollywood living room quietly launched what became an entertainment empire.
In a Boston amphitheater, a patient slept through surgery as ether vapor banished pain and rewrote what an operation could be.
Tried as a traitor and paraded through Paris in an open cart, the former queen met the guillotine just past noon.
