This was the day that police found the bodies of 39 members of a religious cult based in San Diego County.
All in Space
Galileo's Middle Finger
The Italian astronomer Galileo died hundreds of years ago, but he's been giving us his middle finger ever since.
The Battle of Los Angeles
At around 3 o'clock in the morning, residents were rattled out of bed by the loud thumps of anti-aircraft guns lobbing 12-pound shells into the sky.
The Lost Cosmonaut
Just before dawn on this day, a Soviet cosmonaut was wandering drunk and stepped in front of a train.
Landing on an Asteroid
The spacecraft performed a slingshot maneuver around the Earth that propelled it toward its rendezvous with a peanut-shaped rock.
First Golf Shot on the Moon
After a couple of slices, Shepard connected on a shot that according to him flew for "miles and miles and miles."
Space Chimp
On this day a chimpanzee named Ham became the first hominid in space.
The Blue Marble
The photograph is one of only a few that shows the planet fully illuminated.
Hit by a Meteorite
Ann Elizabeth Hodges was taking a nap on this day when she was rudely awakened by a meteorite crashing through her roof.
Creatures on the Moon
In 1835 the New York Sun published the first of six articles detailing the amazing discovery of life on the moon.
Isolated
In 1971, Al Worden became the "most isolated human being" as he orbited the moon 2,235 miles from his Apollo 15 crew members.
Cosmic Blast
An extremely large solar flare (as if there's ever a small one) was followed by mind-blowing mass ejection that blasted billions of tons of atomic particles toward the Earth at 3 million miles per hour.
Skylab is Falling
In 1979, America's first space station, the 100-ton Skylab, came crashing back to Earth.
The Lost Comet
In 1770, Lexell's Comet blazed a brilliant path across the evening sky. It is noted for being the comet that came closest to the earth.