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In 1901, Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive.
In 1945, the United Nations was formally established.
In 2003, the Concorde made its final flight.
In 1962, the Manchurian Candidate debuted in theaters.
In 1884, it was the first inter-league championship played in professional baseball. It woul...
In 42 B.C., Octavian and Marc Antony defeated Brutus in the Second Battle of Philippi, avenging the assassination of Julius Caesar 2.5 years prior.
In 1983, the military barracks housing US Marines and French Paratroopers in Beirut were bombed.
In 1850, suffragettes held the National Women’s Rights Convention in Worcester, Mass.
In 2015, Adele released ...
In 1910, American physician Hawley Harvey Crippen was found guilty in the murder of his wife Cora.
In 1791, André-Jacques Garnerin became the first parachutist in history.
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Highway Beautification Act into law.
In 2012, Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from cycling fo...
In 1966, a landslide of coal waste crashed into the Welsh village of Aberfan.
In 2021, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was wounded when a prop gun held by Alec Baldwin discharged during rehearsal for a scene in the movie 'Rust.'
In 1797, the USS Constitution, aka 'Old Ironsides,' was launched into Boston Harbor.
In 1976,...
In 1977, the plane carrying the band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed in Mississippi, killing six including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant.
In 2011, Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi was captured and killed by rebel forces.
In 1973, the Sydney Opera House opened.
In 1962, Bobby Pickett's 'Monster Mash' hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 1968, high jumper D...