Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On Judaism's holiest day, Egypt and Syria struck across two fronts at once, and the Cold War nearly went hot.
The Jazz Singer ended the silent era in 1927 — even though most of it was still silent.
A small band of weavers and farmers stepped off a ship in 1683 and seeded the largest ancestry group in the United States.
