Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
The world agreed to phase out the chemicals eating its ultraviolet shield, in the rarest of things: a treaty that worked.
Before dawn on September 16, 1810, a small-town priest rang his church bell and called Mexico to revolt against three centuries of Spanish rule.
After two false starts and a leaky companion ship, a single vessel finally set out across the Atlantic.
