History

Sep 20, 2026

A Tennis Circus, A Moonlit Comeback, and A Spare Pope, It’s September 20

Plus: Computers learn algebra without asking how they will use it in their future life

Sep 19, 2026

Ice Men, Sideways Smiles, and Family Clues, It’s September 19

Plus: Charlie Chaplin gets locked out...

Sep 18, 2026

Fake Clean, Fancy Boxes, and Billion-Dollar Dinners, It’s September 18

Plus: Rome finds an adult after the stabbing

Sep 17, 2026

Tiny Mouth Monsters, Saturn's Fake Death Star, and a Football Showroom, It’s September 17

Plus: Harriet Tubman goes back

Sep 16, 2026

A Bell Before Breakfast, a Guitar Named Lucille, and a Vanishing Act, It’s September 16.

Plus: The office machine with a fire extinguisher

Sep 15, 2026

A Saturn Swan Song, a Wall Street Wipeout, and a Killer Prescription, It’s September 15

Plus: Two students reserve the address that becomes a verb.

Sep 14, 2026

Three Kings, Rotor Wings, and a Nation Sings, It’s September 14.

Plus: A Light Turns on in Boston Harbor

Sep 13, 2026

Bad Measurements, Abandoned Marble, and Chocolate Persistence, It's September 13

Plus: A Plumber (kinda) conquers the world

Sep 12, 2026

A traffic light, twenty-one men, and a symphony of a thousand, It’s Sept 12

Plus: Four teenagers crawl into a hole and find 20,000-year-old "modern" art

Sep 11, 2026

Four airplanes, a missing diamond, and a paint tube, It’s Sept 11

Plus: The British needed Admiral Ackbar to warn them "It's a Trap!"

Sep 10, 2026

The BiggestMachine Ever Made, the Last Use of the Guillotine, and a Rough Wooing, It's Sept 10

Plus: DNA is about to change forensic science forever

Sep 9, 2026

The Longest Cave, Three Brothers Fight, and Elvis Enters the Building

Plus: The most famous computer bug ever (it's in the Smithsonian)

Sep 8, 2026

An Asteroid Comes Home, Two Sisters Cross America, and Star Trek Begins — It’s September 8

Plus: An electric submarine is demonstrated — and rejected — in 1888 — by Spain. What if...?

Sep 7, 2026

Television Goes Electronic, Uncle Sam Gets a Name, and a Species Disappears — It’s September 7

Plus: ESPN proves Americans will watch sports 24 hours a day.

Sep 6, 2026

A MiG Lands in Japan, a Treasure Fleet Sinks, and Eighteen Sailors Circle the World— It's September 6

Plus: The US President is shot

Sep 5, 2026

Voyager Keeps Going, Labor Day Almost Doesn't, and Memory Gets Invented — It's September 5

Plus: A Tunnel Through The Alps

Sep 4, 2026

Rome Falls, Kodak Clicks, and Electricity Comes to Manhattan — It’s September 4

Plus: Geronimo Surrenders

Sep 3, 2026

Mars Gets a Visitor, eBay makes Its First Sale, and Douglass Makes His Escape — It’s September 3

Plus: The answer to the riddle: Why did the Swede cross the road?

Sep 2, 2026

London Burns, Eleven Days Vanish, and the Bank Never Closes Again — It’s September 2

Plus: Chrome Enters the Browser Wars. Bonus points if you know the dominant browsers prior to 2008

Sep 1, 2026

Titanic Is Found, Saturn Gets a Visitor, and the Sun Attacks the Telegraph — It’s September 1

Plus, Black Holes are described the same day Germany invaded Poland. Guess which story was ignored.

Aug 31, 2026

Movies Arrive, and Lewis Gets Going, and Diana Is Gone — It’s August 31

Plus: The first automobile fatality - in 1869.

Aug 30, 2026

Thurgood Marshall breaks through, Lenin is shot, and MacArthur lands in Japan, It’s August 30

Plus: Shackleton’s epic rescue of his entire crew against staggering odds

Aug 29, 2026

The Soviets Get the Bomb, Faraday Gets a Charge, and a Sad Day for St. Kilda

Plus: Portugal finally admits what Brazil has been living for years - independent.

Aug 28, 2026

MLK has a Dream, A Loom Manufacturer Decides to Make Cars, and the UK Bans Slavery

Plus: One popular magazine has been continuously published for the past 180 years. The first issue was on this date.

Aug 27, 2026

War is Made Illegal (no joke), Where's Zanzibar? and What is a Person? It's August 27

Plus: A Quick Summary of Chinese Dynasties in Extra Extra!