On this Day

ON THIS DAY: Barbie makes her iconic debut (1959)

In 1959, Barbie made her first appearance at the American Toy Fair in New York, introducing a new kind of doll to the world....

ON THIS DAY: Cassius Clay becomes Muhammad Ali (1964)

In 1964, Cassius Clay, the reigning heavyweight boxing champion, made one of the most defining decisions of his life. He joined the Nation of...

ON THIS DAY: Rodney King beating by LAPD (1991)

Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) became an emblematic figure of police brutality in the United States after a brutal...

ON THIS DAY: Alphonse de Lamartine The Poet Who Shaped Romanticism and Revolution

On February 28, 1869, the world bid farewell to Alphonse de Lamartine, one of the defining voices of French Romanticism and a poet whose...

On this day: Leonard Nimoy remembered (2015)

On February 27, 2015, the world lost Leonard Nimoy, the actor whose portrayal of Spock in Star Trek transcended science fiction and entered the...