János Libényi was executed on this day, a little over a week after he tried to kill Austrian Emperor Franz Josef.
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 Simplon Tunnel
It was on this day that two work crews converged deep under the Swiss Alps to form one of the greatest engineering feats of all time.
Japanese Sub Attacks Santa Barbara
This was the night that a Japanese submarine attacked an oil refinery near Santa Barbara, California.
The Murder Trust
A notorious true story about a plot to kill a man who stubbornly refused to die.
The White Rose
"...what does my death matter, if through us thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?"
The Last Carolina Parakeet
Bright green with an orange and yellow head, it was one of the most colorful birds living in the eastern United States.
Tecún Umán
On this day the last King of the K'iche' Maya people was killed during a battle in what is now Guatemala.
Attack of the Crocodiles
It was on this day in what is now Burma, that hundreds of Japanese soldiers were attacked and eaten by crocodiles.
The Lost Cosmonaut
Just before dawn on this day, a Soviet cosmonaut was wandering drunk and stepped in front of a train.
QWERTY
Christopher Latham Sholes was a newspaper publisher, politician and most notably - the inventor of the QWERTY keyboard.
The Pope and the Sneeze
On this day Pope Gregory the Great decreed that the proper way to respond to someone sneezing was to say, "God bless you."
The Great Elm
The tree was a prominent local landmark with a long history as a gathering place for political rallies and public hangings.
First Photo Op
President James K. Polk posed for the oldest surviving photograph of a sitting president.
Plunge into Hell
It was on this day that 12-year-old Todd Dobowski of Centralia, Pennsylvania fell into a hot, gaseous void caused by an underground coal fire.
The Louisville Sewer Disaster
Manhole covers whizzed through the air. Students were jolted out of their beds. Toilets erupted into fountains of raw sewage.
The Coso Artifact
Three rockhounds found what appeared to be a manmade piece of machinery encased in a 500,000 year old rock.
Landing on an Asteroid
The spacecraft performed a slingshot maneuver around the Earth that propelled it toward its rendezvous with a peanut-shaped rock.
Father of the Grill
George A. Stephen died on this day. He left behind one of the greatest gifts in American history, the Weber grill.
Party of the Century
It's remembered as one of the most extravagant soirees in US history.