It remains history's deadliest blockade of a major city, with over a million civilians killed.
This was the first and only incident in which a superpower activated its nuclear suitcase.
A Japanese soldier was found hiding in the jungle, 27 years after World War II ended.
This was the day that two men went to the deepest place on earth.
A bomber carrying four hydrogen bombs crashes, scattering radioactive debris across miles of sea ice.
He is remembered for publishing the Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, but that is just one of his many contributions to history.
The accident dropped 4 hydrogen bombs on a small fishing village.
Today was the day that Donna Griffiths began a sneezing fit that would last for 3 years, a world record.
Dr. James Bedford became the first person frozen after death in a process known as cryogenic suspension.
Based on his own experience with LSD, Hofmann was convinced that this drug had powerful potential as a psychiatric tool.
It ignited the Texas oil boom and within a year over 500 oil and land companies were created.
Unable to pursue his dream of being a cowboy (he was too big for the horses), Beaupré turned to the freak show circuit as a way to support his family.
At about 2 in the morning the bow of the sub plowed into a wall of rock and mud.