Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
At the 1972 Munich Olympics, American swimmer Mark Spitz won seven gold medals in eight days — and set a world record in every single race.
Ford spent a decade and a fortune building the Edsel, then watched its grand 1957 debut curdle into one of business history's most famous failures.
On September 4, 1882, Edison closed a switch in lower Manhattan and the world's first central power station hummed to life.
On September 4, 476, a Germanic commander pushed a teenage emperor off the throne and quietly closed the book on Roman rule in the West.
