Steve Jobs Dies: How the World Lost Apple’s Visionary Co-Founder on October 5, 2011

At his home in Palo Alto, California, on October 5, 2011, Steven Paul Jobs took a last long look at the faces of his family gathered around him and spoke his final words. His siste

First Hydrogen Bomb Test: How the United States Vaporized an Island on November 1, 1952

At 7:15 in the morning on November 1, 1952, local time, a device the size of a small factory building detonated on the tiny Pacific island of Elugelab in Enewetak Atoll in the Mars

New Zealand Women Vote: How the World’s First Women’s Suffrage Nation Made History on November 28, 1893

On November 28, 1893, New Zealand women walked into polling booths across the country for the first time in history. They had won the right to vote just ten weeks earlier, when Gov

Boston Female Medical School Opens: How Samuel Gregory Launched the World’s First Women’s Medical School on November 1, 1848

On November 1, 1848, twelve women walked into a classroom in Boston, Massachusetts, and took their seats as medical students. This was not merely an unusual occurrence. It was an e

Chief Joseph Surrenders: How the Nez Perce Leader’s Last Words Echoed Through American History on October 5, 1877

On the afternoon of October 5, 1877, in the foothills of the Bear Paw Mountains in northern Montana Territory, a man named Hinmatóowyalahtq’it mounted a black pony with a Me

Battle of the Thames: How Harrison’s Victory and Tecumseh’s Death Changed the War of 1812 on October 5, 1813

On the morning of October 5, 1813, American forces under Major General William Henry Harrison caught up with the retreating British and their Native American allies along the north

First White House TV Address: How Truman’s October 5, 1947 Broadcast Launched the Television Presidency

At 10:50 in the evening on Sunday, October 5, 1947, President Harry S. Truman walked to a lectern in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, faced the large, unfamiliar e