Every date on the calendar carries a piece of the American story — battles won, documents signed, inventions unveiled, and lives that changed the course of a nation. Stop by each day for the moments that made this date matter.
Pick a month to walk through its anniversaries, day by day.
The Battle of Port Gibson in 1863 marked a pivotal Union victory, giving Ulysses S. Grant momentum in his Vicksburg campaign and shifting control of the Mississippi River.
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On September 4, 2016, Pope Francis canonized the nun who ran the Missionaries of Charity, which by her 1997 death operated hundreds of centers in more than 90 countries.
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A contaminated dish left out during Fleming's 1928 vacation killed the surrounding bacteria, but it took Oxford scientists until the 1940s to make penicillin usable on wounded…
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On September 2, 1969, a Chemical Bank branch in Rockville Centre, New York put out the first U.S. ATM, dreamed up by a man tired of waiting in a bank line.
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Days earlier, Germany and the Soviet Union had secretly agreed to split Poland between them, clearing Hitler's path to a war that killed tens of millions.
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Investigators found driver Henri Paul had alcohol and prescription drugs in his system when the Mercedes hit a pillar in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel, killing Diana at 36.
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Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was brutally murdered while visiting relatives in Mississippi, a horrific crime that shocked Americans and became a catalyst for the growing Civil Rights Movement.
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