Alaska's Giant Battery Powers Fairbanks During Blackouts Amid Harsh Winter Conditions

UK's First Direct Broadcast Satellite Revolutionized Television in 1989

Teacher Chosen as First Citizen in Space: A Historic Moment for NASA

On August 27, 1976, the United States Tennis Association bars transgender athlete Renée Richards from competing in the U.

On August 27, 1967, Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, was found dead of an accidental drug overdose.

Calder Hall: The Historic Launch of the World’s First Commercial Nuclear Power Station

BBC Makes History with First Live Cross-Channel Television Broadcast in 1950

First Jet-Powered Airplane Takes Flight: A Historic 1939 Milestone in Aviation

Britain's First Full-Time Cinema: The Rise of Balham Empire in 1907

Hours after being asked to resign as president of the Bank of California, the powerful western capitalist William Ralston is found drowned in San Francisco Bay.