Historical Event

Galileo’s Discovery

Pol Pot overthrown & end of Khmer Rouge

Old New Year’s Day

Ratification Day

First Person Hit by Space Debris

First Olympic Winter Games

Invention of the Dental Drill

International

Holocaust Remembrance Day

The End of the Punic Wars

Waitangi Day

Daylight Saving Time Instituted

Cinderella opened in theaters

King Tut’s tomb discovered

First 9-1-1 call in U.S.

Yellowstone first US national park

First cases reported in deadly 1918 flu pandemic

The Boston Massacre

COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic

Stamp Act imposed on American colonies

‘OK’ enters national vernacular

Japanese cherry trees planted near Jefferson Memorial

Doctor announces polio vaccine

Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day

First successful around-the-world flight begins

First nonstop flight from Europe to North America

Apollo 13 returns to Earth

American Revolution begins at Battle of Lexington

International

Chernobyl Remembrance Day

Loch Ness “Monster” sighted for the first time

Marine biologist coins “microplastics”

Beethoven debuts Symphony No. 9 after hearing loss

Lewis and Clark depart to explore the Northwest

St. Petersburg founded

Daredevil crosses Niagara Falls on tightrope

Bastille Day