Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
Thirty seconds of gunfire in a Tombstone lot in 1881 became the most famous shootout of the American West.
When the Football Association wrote its 1863 rulebook, offside was already in it - and far stricter than today.
When the Erie Canal opened in 1825, it cut a 363-mile shortcut through New York and reshaped the young nation's economy.
