Author: mindgames

This Day in History: 1916

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

This Day in History: 1861

Confederate forces turn back Union troops in the first major battle of the Civil War.

This Day in History: 1976

The Viking 1 lander becomes the first spacecraft to land safely on Mars.

This Day in History: 1956

The U.S. withdraws its offer of aid to Egypt for the Aswan Dam.

This Day in History: 1925

Adolf Hitler publishes the first volume of "Mein Kampf".

This Day in History: 1938

Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan lands in Ireland after claiming he got lost.

This Day in History: 1945

The first atom bomb is successfully tested in New Mexico.

This Day in History: 1606

Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn is born in Leiden.