Author: mindgames

This Day in History: 1588

Spain's Invincible Armada is defeated by an English naval force.

This Day in History: 1932

President Herbert Hoover orders the U.S. Army to evict the Bonus Marchers.

This Day in History: 1921

Canadian scientists successfully isolate insulin for the first time.

This Day in History: 1956

Egyptian President Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal.

This Day in History: 1978

Louise Joy Brown, the world's first IVF baby, is born in England.

This Day in History: 1998

Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is released in theaters.

This Day in History: 1982

Actor Vic Morrow is killed in a helicopter crash on the set of Twilight Zone.

This Day in History: 1916

A bomb at a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco kills 10 people.