Martin Jahnke, a 27-year-old German student, hurled his footwear at the visiting dignitary while shouting protests. The shoe missed its target and sec...
Richard Reid, who became known as the 'Shoe Bomber,' attempted to detonate plastic explosives concealed in his sneakers on a flight from Paris to Miam...
Pilots Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California after nine days aloft, covering 26,366 miles. The lightweight aircra...
After nearly 20 months of captivity, Fidel Castro released the captured invaders to the United States. The agreement was brokered by lawyer James B. D...
Dr. Joseph Murray and his team at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston transplanted a kidney from a living donor to his fratally ill twin brother. Th...
Physicists John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley successfully demonstrated the point-contact transistor, which would revolutionize elect...
The audacious thief, whose identity was never confirmed, hijacked a locomotive in São Paulo and drove it deep into the countryside with its cargo of c...
President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law, creating the central banking system of the United States. The legislation came after...
Conducted by Richard Strauss, this fairy-tale opera became an instant success and remains one of the most performed operas worldwide. The composer ori...
Following an argument with fellow artist Paul Gauguin in Arles, France, the troubled painter mutilated his left ear. He then wrapped the severed porti...
Better known today as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas,' this poem fundamentally shaped modern American Christmas traditions and the popular image of...
In a historic act of voluntary surrender of power, Washington appeared before Congress in Annapolis, Maryland, to relinquish his military authority. H...
During a lavish performance in Venice, a structural failure caused the orchestra pit to collapse mid-performance, plunging musicians and their instrum...