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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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1840 Claude Monet Is Born
Claude Monet, whose painting gave Impressionism its name, is born in Paris.
1851 Moby-Dick Is Published in America
Harper & Brothers publish Herman Melville's Moby-Dick in New York.
1889 Nellie Bly Starts Her Race Around the World
Journalist Nellie Bly sets off from Hoboken to beat Phileas Fogg's fictional trip around the world in 80 days.
1971 Mariner 9 Reaches Mars
NASA's Mariner 9 becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.