| Today in History |
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2021 ‐
William Shatner becomes the oldest person (90) to reach space, travelling aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket on a 10 minute flight
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2019 ‐
Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany
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2018 ‐
Oldest known human remains from Poland at 115,000 years from revealed to be Neanderthal child from Ciemna Cave eaten by a large bird
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2008 ‐
HM Treasury infused £37 billion ($64 billion, 47 billion euros) of new capital-bailout into Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, Lloyds TSB and HBOS Plc, to avert a financial sector collapse.
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1993 ‐
Mighty Ducks win their 1st NHL game
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1980 ‐
Unprovoked slayings of 6 blacks in Buffalo, NY
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1976 ‐
First electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle obtained by Dr. F.A. Murphy, working at the C.D.C.
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1970 ‐
Angela Davis arrested in NYC
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1963 ‐
The term "Beatlemania" is coined after Beatles appear at the London Palladium
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1924 ‐
Mecca falls without struggle to Saudi forces led by Abdulaziz Ibn Saud
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1923 ‐
Angora (Ankara) becomes Turkey's capital
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1914 ‐
Garrett Morgan patents his safety hood device, which would later be refined into the gas mask
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1896 ‐
First public screening of a motion picture in New Zealand
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1870 ‐
Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert
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1845 ‐
Texas ratifies a state constitution
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1792 ‐
"Old Farmer's Almanac" is 1st published and edited by Robert Thomas
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1775 ‐
First US Navy forms when Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet
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1773 ‐
The Whirlpool Galaxy discovered by astronomer Charles Messier
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