The invention quickly became a mission-critical part of everyday life in every office, school and home.
The Captain
Captain Kangaroo premiered in 1955 and would run for 30 years.
Radioactive Boy Scout
A hazmat crew dismantled a workspace that had been used by a 17-year-old Eagle Scout to create a primitive nuclear reactor.
Martin and Mitchell
Two cryptographers working for the National Security Agency left the United States and never returned.
Dancing Mania
In 1374, hundreds (maybe thousands) of Germans suddenly started dancing in the streets.
Almost Perfect
For over 90 years baseball fans have debated whether or not Ernie Shore should get credit for a perfect game.
The River that Burned
In June of 1969, Cleveland's heavily polluted Cuyahoga River caught fire.
The Maury Island Incident
4 or 5 doughnut-shaped crafts were flying in formation directly above Harold Dahl's boat when one of them started dropping strange, rocky, slag-like material.
Attack on Fort Stevens
It was the only attack on a mainland military installation during World War II.
Feodor II
The 16-year-old tsar of Russia was murdered, along with his mother.
Eratosthenes
He was the head librarian at the Great Library of Alexandria, and he’s remembered as the father of geography.
The Last Emperor of Mexico
Maximilian's rise to power was the ill-conceived brainchild of Napoleon III who sought to extend French imperial power
5 Monks and a Crater
5 English monks saw what appeared to be "two horns of light" on the shaded part of the Moon.
The Fiji Mermaid
This half-woman, half-fish oddity would become one of his most popular sideshow attractions of all time.
Death of a Lawyer
Clement Vallandigham came up with the snappy slogan, "To maintain the Constitution as it is, and to restore the Union as it was."
Mumtaz Mahal
Mumtaz Mahal, the beloved Empress of India, died while giving birth to her fourteenth child.
Villa Diodati
A bunch of friends gathered at a summer house. Their creativity would mark a pivotal moment in horror history.
The Mississauga Blob
A mysterious flaming blob flew into Traven Matchett's backyard in southern Ontario.
Ella's Last Day
On this day Ella Fitzgerald spent her last morning listening to birds in the backyard of her Beverly Hills home.
First Blood Transfusion
A French physician named Jean-Baptiste Denys gave a 15-year-old boy about 12 ounces of sheep blood.