Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
The most precise tool for rewriting DNA was copied from the way bacteria fight off viruses.
A small Soviet probe swung behind the Moon and sent home grainy proof of a hemisphere no human had ever seen.
In the last great clash of oar-driven galleys, a fragile Christian coalition out-rowed and out-fought the Ottoman fleet off Greece.
