Naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a round-the-world voyage from Plymouth, England, aboard the HMS Beagle. Read more
New York Daily News - Dec 27
Passengers aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 foiled an attempt to blow up the plane as it was landing in Detroit by seizing Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to set off explosives in his underwear. Read more
New York Daily News - Dec 25
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II granted a posthumous pardon to code-breaker Alan Turing, who was criminally convicted of homosexual behavior in the 1950s. Read more
New York Daily News - Dec 24
French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of antisemitism. Read more
The Mercury News - Dec 22
Howard Hughes piloted his Hughes H-4 Hercules, nicknamed the “Spruce Goose,” on its only flight; a massive wooden seaplane with a wingspan longer than a football field. Read more
The Mercury News - Nov 02
In a speech in Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini described the alliance between his country and Nazi Germany as an “axis” running between Rome and Berlin. Read more
New York Daily News - Nov 01
Earl Lloyd of the Washington Capitols became the first African-American to play in an NBA game. Read more
New York Daily News - Oct 31
The New York Daily News ran the headline “Ford to City: Drop Dead,” a day after President Gerald R. Ford said he would veto any proposed federal bailout of New York City. Read more
New York Daily News - Oct 30
On Aug. 26, 1985, 13-year-old AIDS patient Ryan White began “attending” classes at Western Middle School in Kokomo, Indiana via a telephone hook-up at his home, as school officials had barred White from attending classes in person due to his illness. Read more
Chicago Tribune - Aug 26
