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1920 KDKA Broadcasts the Election Results
Pittsburgh station KDKA reports the Harding-Cox presidential election live, the start of commercial radio broadcasting.
1936 BBC Starts Regular Television Service
The BBC opens the world's first regular high-definition television service from Alexandra Palace in London.
1947 The Spruce Goose Makes Its Only Flight
Howard Hughes lifts his giant flying boat, the H-4 Hercules, off the water for its one and only flight.
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1863 The Football Association Is Founded
On a Monday evening, representatives of a dozen London and suburban clubs met at the Freemasons' Tavern on Great Queen Street in London. The meeting followed a letter from Ebenezer Cobb Morley in Bell's…
1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
In Tombstone, Arizona, lawmen Virgil, Wyatt and Morgan Earp, backed by Doc Holliday, faced a group of cowboys: Ike and Billy Clanton, Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Claiborne. About thirty shots were fired…
1965 The Beatles Receive Their MBEs
Prime Minister Harold Wilson had nominated the band, and the honors were announced in June 1965. On the day, the four Beatles arrived at Buckingham Palace in John Lennon's Rolls-Royce while thousands of fans…