The first type B-52 heavy bomber took off on this day in 1952. These bombers are still used today, and will probably remain in use in the 2040s. The first Boeing B-52 Str...
Volvo introduced its first car, model ÖV 4, on this day in 1927. Model ÖV 4 was the abbreviation for “Oppen Vagn 4 cylindrar”, which means “open vehicle...
On this day in the Gopalganj District, in central Bangladesh, the heaviest hail in recorded history fell. The hailstones, some weighing one kilogram, killed as many as 92...
The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik-2 crashed from orbit to the Earth on this day in 1958. The famous dog Laika was in it. Laika became the very first living creature to enter...
The primary role of the world’s first satellite navigation system was to ensure accurate location information on American Polaris ballistic missile submarines. On this da...
On this day the crew of Apollo 13 space mission sent the following message to mission control on Earth: “Houston, we’ve had a problem”(often incorrectly cited as “Houston...
On this day the Soviet nuclear submarine K-8 sank along with four torpedoes armed with nuclear warheads. These atomic weapons still lie on the sea bed even now. The locat...
Columbia was launched on the same day when the 20th anniversary of Gagarin’s first flight into space was celebrated. It is interesting that a space shuttle had neve...