https://dailyknowledge.co/ 2026-10-31 daily 1.0 https://dailyknowledge.co/about.php monthly 0.5 https://dailyknowledge.co/credits.php 2026-10-31 weekly 0.4 https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-30 2026-10-30 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/welles_1938.jpg A radio drama about an invasion is mistaken by some listeners for the real thing (1938) A young man in shirtsleeves gestures while reading from a script, surrounded by people in coats and hats holding papers and leaning in to listen. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/octmanifesto_1905.jpg A tsar grants a parliament and civil liberties to end a general strike (1905) An oil painting of a jubilant crowd surging forward under red banners, a man carried shoulder high with his arms flung out, women in white and a brass instrument catching the light. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/bosphorus_1973.jpg A bridge opens that lets a car drive from Europe into Asia for the first time (1973) A long suspension bridge lit up at dusk spanning a wide strait, with a city skyline on the far shore and wooded hills in the foreground. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/tsarbomba_1961.jpg The largest explosion ever made by people is set off over an Arctic island (1961) A vast dull orange fireball sitting on a dark horizon under a black sky, its edges blurred into haze. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/henry7_1485.jpg A claimant with a thin bloodline is crowned and founds a dynasty by winning one battle (1485) An engraved oval portrait of a thin-faced king in a jewelled cap and fur-collared robe holding a sceptre, set in an ornamental frame with small figures at the sides. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-29 2026-10-29 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/suez_1956.jpg Two old empires invade to seize a canal and are stopped by their own ally (1956) Two aircraft carriers photographed from astern steaming in line across open sea, aircraft ranged on the flight deck of the nearer ship. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/ataturk_1923.jpg An empire of six centuries is formally replaced by a republic (1923) A black and white portrait of a man with pale eyes and swept-back hair in a dark three-piece suit and patterned tie, seated with his hands clasped. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/redcross_1863.jpg A businessman appalled by a battlefield founds a neutral society to treat the wounded (1863) A photographic portrait of a young man with a full dark beard and moustache in a heavy jacket and bow tie, looking slightly past the camera. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/dongiovanni_1787.jpg An opera about a seducer dragged to hell opens with the overture written overnight (1787) An unfinished oil portrait of a young man in profile with powdered hair and a white neckcloth, the paint fading out at the edges against a dark ground. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/raleigh_1618.jpg A courtier is beheaded for an old charge revived to please a foreign king (1618) An oval painted miniature of a bearded man with dark curling hair wearing an enormous white lace ruff and a jewelled black doublet. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-28 2026-10-28 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/liberty_1886.jpg A colossal statue given by one republic to another is unveiled in thick fog (1886) A painting of a colossal robed statue holding a torch on an island, half wrapped in smoke and cloud, with small boats and warships firing salutes in the water below. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/prohibition_1919.jpg A law is passed over a presidential veto that will make a country dry for thirteen years (1919) Men in straw hats and police uniforms tipping a wooden barrel so that liquid pours into an open drain in a city street, with a tram and onlookers behind them. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/milvian_312.jpg An emperor wins a battle he credits to a Christian sign and changes a religion's fortunes (312) A large painted battle scene of armoured horsemen and foot soldiers fighting in a crush, with fallen men and horses in the foreground, a river below and winged figures above. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/marchrome_1922.jpg A party marches on a capital and its leader arrives by sleeping car to take power (1922) A vast crowd packed into a square in front of a long classical palace, with a monument and figures on a balcony above them. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/cottongin_1793.jpg A machine for cleaning cotton is patented and makes slavery vastly more profitable (1793) An engraving of workers under an open timber shelter feeding raw cotton into a hand-cranked wooden machine, with baskets and bales stacked around them. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-27 2026-10-27 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/subway_1904.jpg A city opens an underground railway with a showpiece station too curved to use (1904) An empty underground station with a curved vaulted ceiling of pale tiles, arched skylights along the roof and a single track 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https://dailyknowledge.co/images/servetus_1553.jpg A physician who described how blood reaches the lungs is burned for denying the Trinity (1553) An engraved portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe with one hand at his chest, a small scene of figures around a burning pyre set into the background behind him. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-26 2026-10-26 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/eriecanal_1825.jpg A canal opens that lets a barge reach the sea from the middle of a continent (1825) A painted harbour scene with dozens of small sailing boats and barges gathered in still water under a pale sky, flags flying and a low shoreline behind. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/okcorral_1881.jpg Three lawmen and a friend kill three men in thirty seconds in a vacant lot (1881) An engraved portrait of a man with a long drooping moustache and swept-back hair, in a dark coat and high collar, shown from the chest up. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/garibaldi_1860.jpg A general who has just conquered half a country hands it to a king and goes home (1860) A painted scene of two men on horseback meeting and clasping hands on a road, one in a red shirt and cloak, the other in dark uniform, with mounted soldiers behind them and hills beyond. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/churchill_1951.jpg A wartime leader thrown out by the voters in 1945 returns as prime minister at 76 (1951) A black and white portrait of a heavy-set elderly man in a dark suit and bow tie, scowling directly at the camera with one hand on the back of a chair. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/gillesderais_1440.jpg A marshal who fought beside Joan of Arc is hanged as a mass murderer of children (1440) A painted portrait of a bearded man in full plate armour standing on a rocky riverbank, holding a helmet under one arm, with a bridge and pale sky behind him. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-25 2026-10-25 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/lightbrigade_1854.jpg A cavalry brigade charges the wrong guns because of a badly worded order (1854) A painting of a long line of cavalry in dark uniforms charging on horseback across open ground with sabres drawn, fallen men and horses behind them and hills beyond. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/agincourt_1415.jpg An exhausted army wins against odds of three to one because of its archers (1415) A medieval painting of two armies facing each other across a narrow field, one side bristling with longbows and the other with raised lances, a walled town on a hill behind. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/kamikaze_1944.jpg Pilots are sent to crash their aircraft into ships deliberately for the first time (1944) A photograph taken along the flight deck of an aircraft carrier at sea, with a single aircraft flying very low straight towards the ship and smoke on the horizon. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/george3_1760.jpg A king of 22 comes to the throne who will reign sixty years and lose America (1760) A full length painted portrait of a young king in gold coronation robes trimmed with ermine, standing beside a draped table with one hand on his hip. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/chaucer_1400.jpg The first writer buried in the corner of an abbey that became a poets cemetery (1400) An engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark hooded gown with a small pen case hanging at his chest, shown in profile against a plain ground. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-24 2026-10-24 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/gwbridge_1931.jpg A suspension bridge opens with nearly twice the span of anything built before it (1931) A low angle photograph of a bare steel lattice bridge tower against cloud, with suspension cables sweeping down past it towards the deck. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/blackthursday_1929.jpg Crowds fill a financial district as share prices collapse in a single morning (1929) A dense crowd of men in hats fills a narrow street between tall buildings, with a policeman standing in the foreground and a warning sign at the kerb. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/chartres_1260.jpg A cathedral rebuilt after a fire is dedicated with two spires that do not match (1260) The stone west front of a Gothic cathedral with two mismatched towers, one a plain pointed spire and the other elaborately carved, above a great rose window. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/westphalia_1648.jpg A treaty ends a thirty year war and settles that rulers answer to nobody above them (1648) An oil painting of a large crowd of men in dark seventeenth century dress packed into a panelled hall, several raising their hands above a table covered with a green cloth and documents. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/telegraph_1861.jpg A telegraph line reaches the far coast and puts a horse relay out of business in two days (1861) An engraving of a rider on a galloping horse waving his hat as he passes workmen raising a line of telegraph poles across empty plains. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-23 2026-10-23 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/santosdumont_1906.jpg A crowd watches the first powered flight ever made in front of witnesses (1906) An early aeroplane built of box-kite panels flies low over open grass while a crowd of men in hats and women in long dresses watches from the edge of the field. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/alamein_1942.jpg A desert battle opens that gives one side its first clear victory on land (1942) Soldiers in steel helmets run forward with fixed bayonets across a bare ridge of sand, silhouetted against a pale empty sky. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/budapest_1956.jpg A student march turns into a rising that a superpower crushes within a fortnight (1956) A wide city street with a long damaged apartment block down one side, wrecked vehicles standing in the road, debris across the cobbles and a few figures in the distance. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/edgehill_1642.jpg A king holds a council on the eve of the first pitched battle of a civil war (1642) An oil painting of officers in wide brimmed hats and buff coats gathered around a table spread with papers outside a stone house, with a white horse, a red banner and women watching from a doorway. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/pasternak_1958.jpg A poet wins the Nobel Prize and his own government forces him to refuse it (1958) A black and white portrait of a middle-aged man with swept-back grey hair and heavy features, in a jacket, shirt and dark knitted tie. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-22 2026-10-22 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/houdini_1926.jpg A showman who escaped from a locked milk can is punched in the stomach and dies of it (1926) A man is locked inside a tall metal milk can with only his head showing above the rim, flanked by two uniformed policemen and a third man in a suit, on a wooden stage. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/garnerin_1797.jpg A man cuts himself loose from a balloon and comes down under a silk canopy (1797) An engraving of a large open parachute canopy with a man standing in a small basket slung beneath it on many cords, descending past a cloud. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/metopera_1883.jpg New money builds its own opera house after the old one refuses it boxes (1883) A large stone opera house of seven storeys filling a city block, with rows of arched windows, awnings at street level and a tram passing in front. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/crippen_1910.jpg A doctor is convicted of poisoning his wife after a wireless message caught him at sea (1910) A photographic portrait of a balding man with a heavy moustache and round wire-framed spectacles, in a dark jacket and a high stiff collar. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/scilly_1707.jpg A fleet runs onto rocks because nobody on board could work out how far west they were (1707) A painted portrait of a heavy-set man in a long curled wig and a blue naval coat with gold braid, holding a baton, with sailing warships on the sea behind him. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-21 2026-10-21 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/trafalgar_1805.jpg An admiral wins the greatest sea battle of the age and is shot dead in the middle of it (1805) An oil painting of wooden sailing warships crowded together under torn sails and drifting smoke, with men in small boats and floating wreckage in the foreground. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/guggenheim_1959.jpg A museum shaped like one long spiral ramp opens six months after its architect dies (1959) Looking up inside a white spiral gallery, its curved ramp winding in tiers towards a domed glass skylight, with a few figures standing at the rail. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/aachen_1944.jpg The first city on German soil falls after three weeks of house to house fighting (1944) Two soldiers in steel helmets crouch and lie behind a machine gun in a stone doorway, spent cartridge cases scattered across the cobbles in front of them. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/nightingale_1854.jpg A nurse leaves for a war where far more soldiers are dying of disease than of wounds (1854) A painting of a woman in a plain dark dress standing among ragged and wounded soldiers gathered under a stone archway, with officers and onlookers around her and a distant city beyond. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/ironsides_1797.jpg A frigate is launched that is still a commissioned warship two centuries later (1797) A painting of a three-masted wooden frigate under full sail on open sea, heeling slightly to the wind, with other ships small on the horizon. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-20 2026-10-20 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/sydney_1973.jpg A concert hall of white shells opens ten years late and fourteen times over budget (1973) A night photograph of a waterfront building of white curved shells lit from within, reflected in dark harbour water with a city skyline behind. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/leyte_1944.jpg A general wades ashore to keep a promise he made two years earlier (1944) A black and white photograph of officers in uniform and helmets wading through shallow surf away from a landing craft towards a beach. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/navarino_1827.jpg Three fleets destroy a fourth in the last great battle fought under sail (1827) An oil painting of a wide bay crowded with sailing warships under a pall of smoke, a burning vessel at the centre, with a red flag on a pole and figures on the shore in the foreground. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/mariatheresa_1740.jpg A woman of 23 inherits a throne and half of Europe attacks her for it (1740) An oil painting of a woman in a gold and white gown riding a dark horse across open ground, holding a sword raised in one hand. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/onassis_1968.jpg A former first lady marries a Greek shipping magnate and loses her halo (1968) A black and white portrait of a tanned middle-aged man with slicked-back grey hair in a dark suit and tie, smiling slightly at the camera. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-19 2026-10-19 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/monarchs_1469.jpg Two cousins marry in secret and join two kingdoms into one country (1469) A dark double portrait of a young man in a heavy gold chain and a young woman in a red gown and sheer veil, shown side by side against a shadowed background. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/kingjohn_1216.jpg A king dies of dysentery in a civil war he started by breaking his own charter (1216) A close-up of a medieval tomb effigy carved in dark mottled stone, showing a crowned and bearded king lying in state, with a patterned floor beyond. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/cedarcreek_1864.jpg A general gallops twenty miles to a battle his army is losing and turns it around (1864) A colour print of a general on a galloping black horse waving his hat, soldiers cheering and throwing caps in the air behind him, with smoke and a battle line beyond. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/waksman_1943.jpg A soil bacterium yields the first drug that can cure tuberculosis (1943) A photograph of a man in a white lab coat and glasses leaning on a bench beside a large round glass flask and condenser, shelves of reagent bottles behind him. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/swift_1745.jpg A satirist who proposed eating babies to fix poverty dies in Dublin (1745) An oval framed relief portrait in white of a man in a long curled wig and clerical bands, set against a dark background. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-18 2026-10-18 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/transistor_1954.jpg The first pocket radio built on transistors instead of valves goes on sale (1954) A small black pocket radio standing upright, with a large gold tuning dial at the top and a panel of gold perforations below it. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/mobydick_1851.jpg A novel about a captain hunting a white whale is published and flops (1851) A black and white wood engraving of an enormous white whale rising out of the sea against a star-filled night sky, with small boats and harpoons below it. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/edison_1931.jpg An inventor holding over a thousand patents dies at 84 (1931) A photograph of an elderly man in a rumpled suit standing in a laboratory lined with shelves of glass bottles and chemical apparatus, hands in his pockets. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/alaska_1867.jpg A territory the size of a subcontinent changes hands for two cents an acre (1867) An oil painting of men in nineteenth century frock coats around a large globe in a lamplit room, one gesturing at it, papers and maps spread on a desk and flags hanging behind them. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/puertorico_1898.jpg An island changes flags and its people spend a century arguing about status (1898) A monochrome illustration of a dusty street in a tropical town, a soldier in a slouch hat drinking from a canteen in the foreground, with pack mules, ox carts and townspeople under awnings behind. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-17 2026-10-17 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/opec_1973.jpg Oil producers cut output and quadruple the price within months (1973) A colour photograph looking down a long queue of 1970s cars and pickup trucks waiting bumper to bumper at a petrol station, a tall illuminated sign overhead. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/capone_1931.jpg A gang boss the police could never touch is convicted of tax evasion (1931) A black and white portrait of a heavy-set man in a three-piece suit and patterned tie, hair slicked back, looking steadily at the camera. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/calderhall_1956.jpg A queen opens the first nuclear station to sell power to a national grid (1956) A colour photograph of an industrial site with two concrete cooling towers venting steam, tall chimneys and a concrete reactor hall, with 1950s cars parked on a track in the foreground. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/marconi_1907.jpg A wireless service opens that lets the public send messages across an ocean (1907) A man in a dark suit seated at a table crowded with coils, keys and brass instruments joined by looping wires, holding a length of wire in one hand. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/chopin_1849.jpg A composer who wrote almost only for the piano dies at 39 (1849) An early photograph of a gaunt young man with long hair and a slight frown, seated in a heavy overcoat with one hand resting on his knee. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-16 2026-10-16 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/marieantoinette_1793.jpg A queen is driven through the streets in an open cart and beheaded (1793) A painting of a guillotine on a wooden scaffold in a crowded square, soldiers in red and blue ringing the platform and a cart drawn up at the steps. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/salute_1968.jpg Two medallists raise gloved fists on the podium and are sent home (1968) A colour photograph of two athletes on an Olympic podium with heads bowed and black-gloved fists raised, a third athlete standing still on the step below them. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/ether_1846.jpg A dentist puts a patient to sleep with a vapour and surgery stops being torture (1846) An oil painting of a surgical theatre, a patient lying on a table under a sheet surrounded by men in black frock coats, with tiers of onlookers watching from behind. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/wojtyla_1978.jpg A Polish cardinal is elected pope, the first non-Italian in 455 years (1978) A close-up photograph of a smiling clergyman in a tall embroidered mitre, reading from an illuminated book held up in front of him. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/johnbrown_1859.jpg An abolitionist seizes an arsenal hoping to arm a slave revolt (1859) An oval photographic portrait of a gaunt man with a long white beard and severe expression, in a dark coat, arms at his sides. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-15 2026-10-15 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/sthelena_1815.jpg A defeated emperor arrives at the island where he will spend the rest of his life (1815) A watercolour of a man in a bicorne hat and green coat standing alone on a clifftop with his arms folded, looking out over a wide grey-blue sea with a distant sail. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/matahari_1917.jpg An exotic dancer is shot as a double agent on thin evidence (1917) A studio photograph of a woman in an elaborate embroidered gown and headdress reclining on a chaise longue, looking directly at the camera. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/lucy_1951.jpg A sitcom starts that will invent the rerun and be filmed in front of an audience (1951) A black and white publicity portrait of a woman with light curled hair in a fur wrap and long gloves, hands clasped near her chin, eyes wide. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/seale_1966.jpg Two college students found a party that will patrol the police with law books and guns (1966) A colour photograph of a young man with a beard in a dark suit and patterned tie standing outdoors among tall trees, looking at the camera. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/nietzsche_1844.jpg A philosopher is born who will spend his last eleven years insane (1844) A photographic portrait of a man with a very large drooping moustache and dark swept-back hair, resting his head on one hand, in a heavy coat. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-14 2026-10-14 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/hastings_1066.jpg A king is killed and a duke wins a kingdom in a single day's fighting (1066) A dark oil painting of a crowned rider on a rearing pale horse surrounded by spears and banners, with wounded men sprawled across the foreground and a shield lying in the dirt. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/pooh_1926.jpg A book of stories about a boy's stuffed bear is published (1926) A pen and ink drawing of a small round bear sitting in a wooden chair on a woodland path, with rabbits, mice and other small animals gathered in a line before him under a large tree. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/yeager_1947.jpg A pilot with two broken ribs flies faster than sound and tells almost nobody (1947) A man in a leather jacket sitting in the cockpit of a bright orange bullet-shaped aircraft, photographed through the open side hatch. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/mlknobel_1964.jpg A minister of 35 becomes the youngest person yet to win the Nobel Peace Prize (1964) A man in a dark overcoat standing up in an open car waving, hemmed in by police officers in peaked caps and a crowd of people lining a shopping street. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/tr_1912.jpg A candidate is shot on his way to a rally and gives the speech anyway (1912) A heavy-set man in a dark suit and spectacles standing in an open car, raising his hat high with one arm, a crowd and a stone building behind him. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-13 2026-10-13 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/molay_1307.jpg A king has every member of a wealthy military order arrested in one dawn sweep (1307) A painting of a bearded old man in a white mantle with a red cross, chained at the ankles, standing with arms outstretched in a vaulted stone chamber while a guard with a spear watches from a doorway. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/boston_1860.jpg A photographer goes up in a tethered balloon and takes the first aerial picture in America (1860) A sepia photograph looking steeply down on a dense grid of nineteenth century rooftops, streets and church spires, with harbour wharves and masted ships along the top edge. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/navy_1775.jpg A congress votes to fit out two armed ships and founds a navy by accident (1775) An oil painting of a black-hulled sailing brig at anchor in a bay under a striped flag, with a fort and a green hillside town behind and smoke drifting from a salute. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/meridian_1884.jpg A conference picks one observatory to be the line all longitude is measured from (1884) A brick and stone observatory building with white quoins and a small turret carrying a tall mast topped by a large red ball, photographed against a deep blue sky. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/whirlpool_1773.jpg A comet hunter logs a faint spiral smudge to stop himself mistaking it for a comet (1773) A telescope image of a spiral galaxy with pink star-forming knots along its blue arms, a smaller yellow companion galaxy attached at the end of one arm. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-12 2026-10-12 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/columbusland_1492.jpg A crew that nearly mutinied a week earlier sights land at two in the morning (1492) A lithograph of a man in doublet and hose stepping from the bow of a longboat into the surf, holding a banner, with armed men in the boat behind him and a palm-covered shore to the left. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/alcatraz_1933.jpg An army prison on an island is handed over to be a maximum security jail (1933) An aerial photograph of a rocky island in dark water, a long cell block and lighthouse along its spine and a fringe of docks and workshops at the near end. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/ironlung_1928.jpg A machine that breathes for a paralysed patient is used for the first time (1928) A polished metal cylinder on a wheeled frame, open at one end with a sliding bed and a padded collar, gauges and valves along the top. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/lee_1870.jpg A defeated general dies as a college president, five years after surrendering (1870) A seated studio portrait of an elderly man with a full white beard in a dark civilian coat, one hand resting on a table. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/cavell_1915.jpg A nurse is shot by a firing squad for helping soldiers escape an occupied country (1915) A formal photograph of a woman with pinned-up hair in a high-collared white blouse, looking calmly past the camera. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-11 2026-10-11 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/vatican2_1962.jpg A council opens that will let Catholics hear mass in their own language (1962) A vast church interior seen from a balcony, with tiers of green-draped benches packed with clergy running down the nave beneath red hangings, chandeliers and a gilded canopy. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/apollo7_1968.jpg Three astronauts fly the first crewed mission of a programme aiming at the Moon (1968) Three men in white spacesuits without helmets, sitting together in front of a spacecraft hatch, smiling at the camera. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/reykjavik_1986.jpg Two leaders nearly agree to abolish all their nuclear weapons, then walk away (1986) Two men in dark suits sitting in armchairs facing each other in a bright room, a wide window behind them showing grey sea and cloud. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/henry8_1521.jpg A pope awards a king a grand title for a book attacking the reformers (1521) A painted portrait of a broad-shouldered king in a slashed and jewelled doublet with a flat feathered cap, one hand resting at his waist. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/george2_1727.jpg A king is crowned to a new anthem that every coronation since has used (1727) A full-length painted portrait of a king in ermine-trimmed coronation robes holding a sceptre, a crown on a draped table beside him. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-10 2026-10-10 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/panama_1913.jpg A president in another country presses a button and two oceans meet (1913) An oil painting looking down into a deep excavated pass between steep hillsides, with lines of small locomotives trailing three tall columns of black smoke and tiny figures on the ridge. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/porgy_1935.jpg An opera set in a southern tenement courtyard opens on Broadway (1935) A stage photograph of a woman in a plain dress holding a crumpled paper, with a man in a light suit and straw hat singing behind her, in front of a tenement set with wooden stairs. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/agnew_1973.jpg A vice president resigns and pleads no contest to a tax charge the same afternoon (1973) A colour official portrait of a man with swept-back grey hair in a blue suit and patterned tie, smiling, with a flag behind his shoulder. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/wuchang_1911.jpg An army mutiny in a river city brings down a dynasty within months (1911) A sepia photograph of a line of soldiers in pale uniforms standing to attention outside a colonnaded government building, two large dark flags with rings of stars hanging above them. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/verdi_1813.jpg A composer of twenty-six operas is born in a village inn (1813) A pastel portrait of an elderly man in a tall black top hat and dark coat, with a white beard and a loosely tied white scarf, against a grey ground. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-09 2026-10-09 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/kepler_1604.jpg A new star appears in the sky and outshines every planet for three weeks (1604) A false-colour astronomical image of an expanding shell of gas in pink, blue, green and gold against a dark field. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/atentat_1934.jpg A king is shot in the back of an open car on a state visit to an ally (1934) A grainy newspaper photograph of a mounted policeman rearing on his horse with a sabre raised, beside a large open car in a city street, with crowds scattering. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/blacksox_1919.jpg A championship series ends in a result eight of the losing players had sold (1919) A sepia team photograph of about twenty baseball players in pale flannel uniforms with a scripted logo on the chest, arranged in three rows in front of a wall. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/hooverdam_1936.jpg A dam in a desert canyon begins sending power to a city 260 miles away (1936) A period photograph of a huge curved concrete dam wedged between bare rock canyon walls, four tall intake towers along its crest and construction roads cut into the hillsides. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/washmon_1888.jpg A monument that stood half built for twenty-two years finally opens to the public (1888) A tall unfinished stone obelisk standing as a squat stump on a bare construction site, braced with iron scaffolding at its base, with a low city skyline behind. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-08 2026-10-08 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/chicago_1871.jpg A fire in a barn spreads until it has burned out the centre of a great city (1871) A colour lithograph of a city on fire, whole blocks of tall buildings wrapped in orange flame, with crowds and carriages streaming across an arched bridge in the foreground. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/peshtigo_1871.jpg A forest fire wipes out a lumber town and kills more people than any fire since (1871) A wood engraving of families fleeing a burning town at night, some pushing a boat into a river, others driving cattle and horses ahead of walls of flame. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/che_1967.jpg A revolutionary is captured in a ravine after his guerrilla campaign collapses (1967) A high contrast black and white portrait of a bearded man in a black beret with a star badge, long hair, looking upward past the camera. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/solzhenitsyn_1970.jpg A novelist wins the Nobel Prize and dares not travel to collect it (1970) A black and white portrait of a middle-aged man with a receding hairline and a full beard, wearing an open-necked white shirt, standing in front of a stone wall. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/york_1918.jpg A conscientious objector turned corporal captures 132 men almost single-handed (1918) A portrait of a soldier in a high-collared tunic with a divisional patch on the shoulder and several medals pinned to his chest, looking slightly away from the camera. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-07 2026-10-07 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/lepanto_1571.jpg Two fleets of oared galleys meet in the last great battle fought under oars (1571) A dark oil painting of hundreds of oared galleys packed together in a bay, masts and banners crowding the horizon, men fighting on the decks and bodies in the water. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/luna3_1959.jpg A probe sends back the first pictures of the side of the Moon nobody had seen (1959) A grainy black and white image of a bright, heavily streaked lunar disc against a noisy dark background. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/assembly_1913.jpg A car factory starts moving the work past the men instead of the other way round (1913) Men in flat caps and aprons working along a long moving rail, fitting parts to circular metal components, bins of small parts beside them and a crowded factory floor behind. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/saratoga_1777.jpg An invading army is broken in a second battle and surrenders ten days later (1777) An engraved battle panorama showing lines of infantry firing across open ground, cannon smoke in rolling clouds, tents and camps in the distance and horsemen on the flanks. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/poe_1849.jpg A writer dies days after being found delirious in another man's clothes (1849) A daguerreotype portrait of a man with a high forehead, dark hair and a drooping moustache, in a dark coat and loosely knotted cravat, staring past the camera. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-06 2026-10-06 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/moulinrouge_1889.jpg A dance hall with a fake windmill on the roof opens in a hillside district (1889) An oil painting of a dance hall with a woman in a pale skirt kicking up a heel on the polished floor, men in top hats watching from the sides and a woman in a pink dress in the foreground. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/shelter_1961.jpg A president tells families to build shelters against nuclear fallout (1961) A basement room with bunk beds, a chequered tablecloth, shelves stacked with tinned food, a first aid box and a metal bin, lit from above by exposed floor joists. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/yomkippur_1973.jpg Two armies attack across a canal and a plateau on the holiest day of the year (1973) A group of officers in field uniform leaning over a large map spread on a table, one pointing to a marked position, others watching closely. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/sadat_1981.jpg A president is shot dead by his own soldiers during a military parade (1981) A colour portrait in profile of a man in a grey dress uniform with gold epaulettes, a row of medal ribbons and a peaked cap. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/tennyson_1892.jpg A poet laureate dies after forty-two years in the post (1892) A soft-focus sepia portrait of an elderly man with long grey hair and a full beard, wearing a dark coat and loosely tied cravat. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-05 2026-10-05 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/versailles_1789.jpg Thousands of women march out of a capital to fetch the king back from his palace (1789) An ink and wash drawing of women in long skirts and caps hauling a cannon and a covered cart past a stone gateway, a soldier walking alongside. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/r101_1930.jpg An airship on its maiden voyage to India comes down on a French hillside (1930) The stripped metal skeleton of a huge airship lying broken across a field, with a small crowd of onlookers in coats and hats standing in front of it. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/jarrow_1936.jpg Two hundred unemployed shipyard men set off to walk to the capital (1936) A group of men in flat caps, waistcoats and jackets walking down a road towards the camera, one holding a small dog on a lead, a stone wall and gas lamp behind them. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/chiefjoseph_1877.jpg A chief surrenders forty miles from the border after a fighting retreat of 1,100 miles (1877) A sepia portrait of a man with swept-back hair wearing large disc earrings, many strands of shell beads and a fur-trimmed robe, looking directly at the camera. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/bulgaria_1908.jpg A prince declares his country fully independent and takes the title of tsar (1908) A sepia photograph of a stout bearded man in a military greatcoat and peaked cap standing in front of a garlanded platform, surrounded by officers and men in top hats. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-04 2026-10-04 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/sputnik_1957.jpg A polished metal sphere becomes the first object put into orbit (1957) A polished metal sphere with four long thin antennae trailing back from it, photographed against a black background. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/rushmore_1927.jpg Carving begins on four presidents' faces in a granite mountainside (1927) A rough-hewn colossal face emerging from a granite cliff, with steel scaffolding above it and two tiny workmen suspended on ropes beside the nose. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/gregorian_1582.jpg A calendar reform ends the year with ten days that never happened (1582) A painted wooden panel showing a pope enthroned on the left and a group of scholars around a table with books and an armillary sphere on the right, above a row of heraldic shields. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/germantown_1777.jpg A dawn attack on an occupying army fails in thick fog and gunsmoke (1777) A steel engraving of soldiers firing at a stone mansion wreathed in smoke, wounded men on the ground and troops advancing from both sides. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/crimea_1853.jpg An empire declares war on its huge northern neighbour over a religious dispute (1853) A sepia photograph of officers and soldiers gathered outside a rough timber hut on a bare hillside, a woman in an apron among them and a horse being held on the right. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-03 2026-10-03 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/mouseketeers_1955.jpg A daily children's variety show starts on television with a cast of child performers (1955) A group of children and teenagers posed on a staircase wearing matching white shirts with their first names printed on them and black mouse-ear caps. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/germany_1990.jpg Two countries divided for forty-one years become one again (1990) A night scene of a graffiti-covered concrete wall with a crane lifting one section clear, a floodlit classical gateway topped by a chariot behind it, and guards standing on the wall. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/francis_1226.jpg A friar who gave away his inheritance dies in the hut he asked to be carried to (1226) A gold-ground altarpiece showing a kneeling friar in a brown habit receiving rays from a winged figure in the sky, with small chapels and trees on a rocky hillside and three narrative panels beneath. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/lincoln_1863.jpg A president fixes a national day of thanksgiving in the middle of a civil war (1863) A photographic portrait of a gaunt bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, hair swept back, looking slightly away from the camera. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/ethiopia_1935.jpg An empire invades one of the last independent countries in Africa (1935) A formal photograph of a bearded man in an embroidered cape and white robe standing on a veranda, hands folded, looking past the camera. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-02 2026-10-02 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/saladin_1187.jpg A sultan takes a holy city back after eighty-eight years of crusader rule (1187) A hand-coloured engraving of a robed commander on horseback raising a curved sword, fallen armoured knights beneath the horse and turbaned soldiers behind. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/baird_1925.jpg An inventor transmits the first moving image of a human face (1925) A man in a tweed jacket seen from behind, leaning into a home-made apparatus of metal panels studded with dozens of glass bulbs, holding a ventriloquist's dummy head in front of a lens. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/schulz_1950.jpg A comic strip about a group of small children appears in seven newspapers (1950) A man in shirtsleeves and a tie sitting at a drawing board, looking at the camera over his shoulder, a pencil sketch of a round-headed boy on the paper in front of him. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/serling_1959.jpg A weekly anthology of strange stories begins on television (1959) A studio portrait of a man in a dark jacket smiling at the camera, one arm resting in front of him, a wristwatch visible. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/andre_1780.jpg A British officer is hanged as a spy after a general's treason is exposed (1780) A stipple engraving in sepia of a young officer with powdered hair, an epaulette on one shoulder and a ruffled shirt front. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-10-01 2026-10-01 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/worldseries_1903.jpg Two rival leagues meet for a championship series for the first time (1903) A crowded ballpark photographed from above, thousands of spectators standing on the outfield grass and lining the fences, with a city skyline beyond. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/yosemite_1890.jpg A valley of granite cliffs and waterfalls is made a national park (1890) A tall waterfall pouring over a granite ledge into a mist-filled gorge, photographed in sepia with dark forest along the cliff top. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/nuremberg_1946.jpg A tribunal reads out its verdicts on the leaders of a defeated regime (1946) Rows of men in suits and uniforms sitting on wooden benches in a courtroom dock, several wearing headphones, with helmeted military police standing behind them. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/mao_1949.jpg A leader stands on a city gate and declares a new republic founded (1949) A group of men in plain military tunics standing on a balcony, one reading from a sheet of paper into a large microphone. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/lawrence_1918.jpg An officer in local dress enters a captured desert capital ahead of the main army (1918) A man in Arab robes and headdress standing on a balcony with shutters behind him, a large crowd filling the street below. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-30 2026-09-30 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/ruth_1927.jpg A batter hits his sixtieth home run of the season (1927) A baseball player in a pale uniform following through on a full swing, the catcher and empty stands behind him. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/hooverdam_1935.jpg The tallest dam in the world is dedicated, two years ahead of schedule (1935) A vast curved concrete dam wall wedged between rock canyon walls, with four cylindrical towers along its crest. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/airlift_1949.jpg The last flight lands, ending fifteen months of feeding a city by air (1949) A four-engined transport aircraft coming in low over a crowd of children standing on a heap of rubble, several waving. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/munich_1938.jpg A prime minister comes home from a summit promising peace (1938) A man in a dark overcoat holding up a sheet of paper before a bank of microphones, surrounded by a large crowd on an airfield with an airliner behind. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/magicflute_1791.jpg An opera written for a suburban theatre opens, and its composer has weeks to live (1791) A hand-coloured stage design showing a figure enthroned on a chariot drawn by lions before three classical temples, with a crowd in turbans and a man in a feathered costume. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-29 2026-09-29 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/sts26_1988.jpg A shuttle flies again, two and a half years after one exploded (1988) A space shuttle climbing on a column of flame and smoke against a blue sky. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/richardii_1399.jpg A king signs away his own crown while a prisoner in the Tower (1399) A medieval panel painting on a gold ground of a young crowned king enthroned, holding an orb and sceptre. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/diesel_1913.jpg The inventor of an engine vanishes overboard on a night crossing (1913) A formal photograph of a bald man with a heavy moustache and pince-nez in a dark suit. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/rockefeller_1916.jpg A share price rise makes someone the world's first billionaire (1916) A photograph of a gaunt elderly man in a high collar and dark coat, looking directly at the camera. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/zola_1902.jpg A novelist who took on his own government dies of fumes from a blocked chimney (1902) A painting of a bearded man in a dark suit seated in profile holding an open illustrated book, with prints and papers pinned behind him. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-28 2026-09-28 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/bayeux_1066.jpg An invasion fleet lands unopposed on the English coast (1066) An embroidered scene of a long open ship with a striped hull and a dragon prow, crowded with men and horses, with Latin lettering above. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/yorktown_1781.jpg An allied army digs in around a port and traps an army that cannot be evacuated (1781) A large oil painting of officers in blue, white and red uniforms conferring on open ground before a striped campaign tent, with earthworks, cavalry and gunsmoke behind them. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/kilogram_1889.jpg A metal cylinder in a vault becomes the definition of the kilogram (1889) A small dark metal cylinder standing under two nested glass bell jars on a polished base. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/worldflight_1924.jpg Two aircraft land after flying all the way round the world (1924) Three biplanes on floats drawn up on a shingle beach beside oil drums, a man in overalls standing among them. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/hubble_1953.jpg The astronomer who proved the universe is expanding dies at his desk (1953) A man in shirtsleeves seated at the eyepiece of a huge telescope among girders and cables. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-27 2026-09-27 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/rosetta_1822.jpg A scholar announces that he can read Egyptian hieroglyphs (1822) A large slab of dark grey stone covered in three bands of different scripts, displayed in a glass case. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/modelt_1908.jpg A car goes on sale that an ordinary worker can afford (1908) A period illustration in side view of an open-topped motor car with a folded canvas hood, high wheels and a bare steering column. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/libertyship_1941.jpg The first of a fleet of 2,700 emergency cargo ships is launched (1941) A cargo ship sliding stern-first down a slipway between shipyard gantries as a large crowd in hats watches from below. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/warren_1964.jpg A commission publishes its report on a president's assassination (1964) A group of men in dark suits standing in a formal office as one hands a thick bound volume to another. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/urban_1590.jpg A pope dies twelve days after his election, before he is even crowned (1590) A painted portrait of a thin bearded man in a red velvet cap and red shoulder cape against a dark background. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-26 2026-09-26 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/debate_1960.jpg Two candidates debate on television for the first time (1960) Two men in dark suits standing side by side in a bare television studio, one looking calm and the other drawn. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/parthenon_1687.jpg A shell hits a powder store and blows the roof off a 2,000 year old temple (1687) A wash drawing of soldiers and mortars on a hillside firing at a columned temple on a rocky height, smoke drifting across the scene. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/drake_1580.jpg A privateer returns after three years, having gone round the world (1580) An engraved portrait of a bearded Elizabethan gentleman in a slashed doublet and ruff, a globe of the world hanging behind him. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/argonne_1918.jpg The largest battle in American history begins (1918) Soldiers in steel helmets crowded into a shallow trench among shattered trees, some standing on the parapet with shovels. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/einstein_1905.jpg A patent clerk publishes a paper that rewrites space and time (1905) A formal photograph of a young man with dark hair and a moustache in a suit and high collar. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-25 2026-09-25 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/liston_1962.jpg A heavyweight title changes hands in two minutes and six seconds (1962) A boxer pitching forward onto the canvas while his opponent stands over him in a ring. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/balboa_1513.jpg An explorer wades into an ocean no European had seen and claims all of it (1513) A monochrome plate of a conquistador in full plate armour standing knee deep in the sea, raising a sword in one hand and a heraldic banner in the other, with palms and onlookers on the shore behind. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/liberte_1911.jpg A battleship blows up at anchor in its own harbour (1911) The gutted hull of a large warship lying in harbour, its plating peeled open, with sailors standing on the wreck. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/sequoia_1890.jpg A grove of the largest living things on Earth is made a national park (1890) A photograph looking up the vast reddish trunk of a giant tree towards its distant crown. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/occurrences_1690.jpg A newspaper prints its first issue and is shut down four days later (1690) A printed page in old type with a large heading, set in two columns of long dense paragraphs, browned with age. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-24 2026-09-24 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/enterprise_1960.jpg The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier takes to the water (1960) An enormous flat-decked warship being manoeuvred by tugs in a river shortly after launch. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/doolittle_1929.jpg A pilot takes off, flies and lands without ever seeing outside (1929) A small biplane on the ground with the rear cockpit completely covered by a hood. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/devilstower_1906.jpg A president protects a landmark by inventing a new kind of protection (1906) A colour photograph of a huge flat-topped tower of fluted grey rock rising from a wooded hillside. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/giffard_1852.jpg A steam engine is carried aloft and an aircraft is steered for the first time (1852) An engraving of a cigar-shaped gas balloon in netting, with a man standing on a small open platform slung far below it. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/scotus_1789.jpg A single act of Congress creates a country's entire court system (1789) An empty vaulted courtroom with a curved bench, lamps on the tables and rows of benches on either side. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-23 2026-09-23 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/serapis_1779.jpg A sinking captain is asked to surrender and refuses (1779) A painting of two wooden sailing warships locked together and firing at close range under a smoke-filled sky. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/checkers_1952.jpg A candidate saves his career on television by talking about his dog (1952) A grainy television still of a man in a suit sitting at a desk in front of heavy curtains, hands clasped, speaking to camera. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/neptune_1846.jpg A planet is found by mathematics before anyone looks for it (1846) A deep blue planet against black space, with faint white cloud streaks and a dark oval storm. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/capsule_1938.jpg A metal cylinder is buried with instructions not to open it for 5,000 years (1938) A long polished metal cylinder shaped like a torpedo hanging point-down, with a group of workmen in shirtsleeves gazing up at it. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/garros_1913.jpg A pilot crosses the Mediterranean alone with barely any fuel to spare (1913) An early monoplane of wood and fabric banking steeply against a pale sky above a line of trees. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-22 2026-09-22 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/aboukir_1914.jpg One submarine sinks three warships in a single hour (1914) A monochrome painting of a large warship capsizing amid smoke, with lifeboats in the water and two other warships standing by. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/longcount_1927.jpg A knocked-down champion is saved by a referee who will not start counting (1927) Two boxers in a ring in a crowded arena, one advancing with his guard up while a referee in a suit watches from the corner. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/peacecorps_1961.jpg A president signs a law sending young volunteers to work abroad (1961) A colour photograph of a man in a dark suit addressing a large crowd of young people in a formal garden beside a white colonnaded building. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/emancipation_1862.jpg A president warns that in a hundred days he will free the enemy's slaves (1862) A painting of a tall man seated at a table reading from a document to a group of seated and standing men in a formal room. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/faraday_1791.jpg A bookbinder's apprentice is born who will work out how to generate electricity (1791) An engraving of a man demonstrating an experiment at a bench before a packed tiered lecture theatre. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-21 2026-09-21 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/b29_1942.jpg The most expensive weapon of the war makes its first flight (1942) A large four-engined bomber with a glazed nose photographed from above in flight over cloud. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/oppau_1921.jpg A fertiliser store explodes and leaves a crater the size of a lake (1921) A black and white photograph of a vast water-filled crater in front of the twisted steel skeleton of a factory. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/hurricane_1938.jpg A hurricane arrives without warning and kills hundreds in New England (1938) A flooded residential street strewn with fallen trees and snapped power lines, two small figures standing in the water. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/chiefjoseph_1904.jpg A chief who led his people on a 1,100 mile flight dies in exile (1904) A sepia portrait of an older man with swept-back hair, large shell earrings and many strands of beads, wearing fur over his shoulders. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/arnold_1780.jpg A celebrated general is exposed as a traitor and flees to the enemy (1780) A painted portrait of an officer in a blue and buff coat with gold epaulettes and a red sash, gesturing towards a town below. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-20 2026-09-20 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/magellan_1519.jpg Five ships set out to sail all the way round the world (1519) A dark oil portrait of a bearded man in a black cap with a red-ribboned badge on his chest, one hand resting on a rolled chart. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/portapia_1870.jpg Artillery breaches an ancient city wall and ends the pope's rule over it (1870) An old photograph of a long city wall pocked with shell damage and broken open near a gate tower, with domes visible in the distance. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/olympic_1911.jpg A warship rams the world's largest liner and tears open its hull (1911) A photograph of a huge riveted steel hull torn open, with a workman in a flat cap standing beside the hole for scale. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/meredith_1962.jpg A governor personally blocks a student from enrolling at a university (1962) A young man in a suit and tie walking through a crowd flanked by grim-faced men in suits, with helmeted officers behind. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/bjk_1973.jpg A woman beats a former champion in a match watched by 90 million people (1973) A woman in a tennis dress being carried into a packed arena on a decorated chair, waving, as spectators hold up handmade signs. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-19 2026-09-19 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/balloon_1783.jpg A sheep, a duck and a rooster become the first air passengers (1783) An engraving of an enormous decorated balloon rising in front of a palace, watched by a crowd of thousands in eighteenth century dress. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/garfield_1881.jpg A president dies eleven weeks after being shot (1881) An engraving of a bearded man in a top hat collapsing into the arms of a companion on a station platform while bystanders seize a man behind them. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/sheppard_1893.jpg A country becomes the first in the world to let women vote (1893) A studio photograph of a woman with swept-up grey hair in an embroidered high-necked blouse. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/mexico_1985.jpg An earthquake flattens the centre of a capital city (1985) A modern office block collapsed into a folded heap of concrete and metal panels, with a crane behind and onlookers in front. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/otzi_1991.jpg Hikers find a 5,000 year old body melting out of a glacier (1991) A lifelike museum model of a weathered bearded man in fur leggings and a leather belt, holding a long wooden bow. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-18 2026-09-18 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/constantine_324.jpg An emperor defeats his last rival and rules Rome alone (324) A colossal bronze head of a clean-shaven man with heavy-lidded eyes and a fringe of curls, displayed on a plinth in a gallery. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/hammarskjold_1961.jpg The head of the United Nations dies in a plane crash on a peace mission (1961) A black and white portrait of a man in a dark suit looking downwards with a slight smile. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/hendrix_1970.jpg A guitarist dies in London at twenty-seven (1970) A black and white photograph of a guitarist with a large afro in a braided military jacket, holding a white electric guitar in front of an amplifier stack. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/hearst_1975.jpg A kidnapped heiress who joined her kidnappers is finally arrested (1975) A young woman in a striped dress and handcuffs being led towards a van by two women in uniform jackets. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/panic_1873.jpg A bank failure sets off a panic that shuts the stock exchange for ten days (1873) A wood engraving of a crowd of men in top hats and bowlers standing on a pavement outside a shuttered bank, with braced timbers across the shopfront and a policeman among them. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-17 2026-09-17 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/constitution_1787.jpg Thirty-nine delegates sign a constitution that is still in force (1787) A large painting of dozens of men in eighteenth century coats and breeches gathered in a hall, one standing on a dais beside a draped flag. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/antietam_1862.jpg The bloodiest single day in American history (1862) An early photograph of a bare field with an abandoned gun carriage and bodies laid in a row, a small white church among trees behind. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/ftmyer_1908.jpg A passenger becomes the first person killed in an aeroplane crash (1908) An early biplane of wood, wire and fabric standing on a grass field with a line of men in hats watching from behind it. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/tubman_1849.jpg A woman escapes slavery and returns, again and again, to free others (1849) A sepia studio photograph of a woman in a long dark dress and patterned headscarf standing with her hands clasped. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/campdavid_1978.jpg Two old enemies sign a peace framework after thirteen days at a country retreat (1978) Three men in dark suits photographed in profile side by side, the middle one looking past the camera. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-16 2026-09-16 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/ozone_1987.jpg Nations agree to phase out the chemicals eating a hole in the ozone layer (1987) A false-colour satellite map of the southern polar region showing a large deep blue and purple area over Antarctica, ringed by green, surrounded by a grid of latitude and longitude lines. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/grito_1810.jpg A parish priest calls his congregation to revolt and starts a war of independence (1810) A painting of a priest in black raising his arm outside a baroque church, a crowd below him lifting machetes and hats. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/landrun_1893.jpg A hundred thousand people race on horseback to claim free land (1893) A sepia photograph of hundreds of riders and wagons charging across open prairie in a huge cloud of dust, many blurred by movement. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/wallst_1920.jpg A cart packed with explosives kills dozens in a financial district (1920) A black and white photograph of a crowded city street with an overturned motor car, smoke, and crowds gathered on the steps of a columned building. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/ford_1974.jpg A president offers conditional amnesty to those who dodged the draft (1974) A black and white official portrait of a middle-aged man in a dark suit smiling in front of an American flag. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-15 2026-09-15 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/tank_1916.jpg Tanks are used in battle for the first time (1916) A rhomboid armoured vehicle with a steering tail on wheels, surrounded by soldiers in steel helmets in a cratered landscape. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/beagle_1835.jpg A survey ship reaches the islands that will reshape biology (1835) A watercolour of a small square-rigged survey ship anchored in a mountainous bay, with a canoe of people in the foreground. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/ali_1978.jpg A boxer wins the heavyweight title for a third time (1978) A boxer in a dark shirt talking animatedly with a raised fist, mid-sentence. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/oconnor_1981.jpg The first woman is confirmed to the United States Supreme Court (1981) A formal portrait of a woman in black judicial robes in front of a flag. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/lmr_1830.jpg The first intercity passenger railway opens, and kills a member of parliament (1830) A coloured engraving of early trains of open carriages passing under a stone arch hung with flags, crowds watching from above. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-14 2026-09-14 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/moscow_1812.jpg An emperor enters a capital city and finds it burning (1812) A painting of a city burning at night behind onion-domed churches, with soldiers watching from the foreground. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/mchenry_1814.jpg A lawyer watching a bombardment writes the words to a national anthem (1814) An enormous early American flag with fifteen stars hung across the front of a building, a single sailor standing beneath it for scale. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/tr_1901.jpg The youngest person ever to hold the presidency is sworn in (1901) A studio portrait of a man in a dark suit with a thick moustache and pince-nez spectacles on a cord. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/northernrock_2007.jpg Savers queue in the street in the first British bank run for 150 years (2007) A long queue of ordinary people waiting on a British high street outside a branch with savings rates in the window. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/eii_2022.jpg A monarch's coffin is carried through the capital to lie in state (2022) A state procession along a flag-lined avenue, with guardsmen in red tunics and bearskins escorting a gun carriage. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-13 2026-09-13 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/gage_1848.jpg A railway worker survives an iron bar passing through his head (1848) Black and white photograph of a human skull beside a long pointed iron rod standing upright on a table. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/oslo_1993.jpg A handshake on the White House lawn seals a peace framework (1993) Colour photograph of two older men shaking hands on a lawn while a third stands between them with arms outstretched. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/wolfe_1759.jpg Wolfe and Montcalm both die on the Plains of Abraham (1759) Dramatic oil painting of a dying officer in a red coat surrounded by kneeling soldiers on a battlefield. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/dahl_1916.jpg Roald Dahl, fighter pilot turned children's author, is born (1916) Black and white portrait of a dark haired man in a tweed jacket seated against a mottled backdrop. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/attica_1971.jpg A four day prison uprising ends in the bloodiest assault of its kind (1971) Colour photograph of a prison yard where large numbers of men sit and lie on wet ground watched by armed officers. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-12 2026-09-12 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/lascaux_1940.jpg Four teenagers following a dog find prehistoric paintings underground (1940) Cave wall covered in ochre and black paintings of bulls, horses and deer. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/jfkmoon_1962.jpg A president commits a nation to reaching the Moon within the decade (1962) Colour photograph of a president speaking at a podium bearing the presidential seal before a stadium crowd. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/vienna_1683.jpg The largest cavalry charge in history breaks a siege (1683) Baroque painting of richly dressed cavalry with a camel in the background, sabres raised. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/jfkwedding_1953.jpg John Kennedy marries Jacqueline Bouvier at Newport (1953) Black and white photograph of a bride with a long lace veil and a groom in morning dress standing in a field. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/selassie_1974.jpg A military committee deposes an emperor after 44 years (1974) Formal portrait of an elderly man in ornate military full dress uniform with heavy braid and medals. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-11 2026-09-11 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/stirling_1297.jpg A Scottish army destroys an English force at a river crossing (1297) Victorian engraving of two hooded monks facing an armoured knight flanked by soldiers with spears. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/viveka_1893.jpg A young monk introduces Hinduism to America in a single speech (1893) Grainy black and white photograph of a large stage lined with seated dignitaries before a packed hall. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/hudson_1609.jpg A Dutch ship enters the harbour of what will become New York (1609) Watercolour of a small seventeenth century Dutch sailing ship at anchor on calm water under a pale sky. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/benyehuda_1922.jpg The League of Nations confirms British rule over Palestine (1922) Damaged black and white photograph of men in work clothes and suits gathered on stony ground by a tent. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/valdivia_1541.jpg Santiago is attacked and burned months after Valdivia founds it (1541) Oil portrait of a bearded conquistador in armour and a ruffed collar. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-10 2026-09-10 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/howe_1846.jpg A patent is granted for the lockstitch sewing machine (1846) Black and white photograph of an early cast iron sewing machine with a large hand wheel. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/canada_1939.jpg Canada declares war on Germany, a week after Britain (1939) Colour wartime recruitment poster of a young soldier holding a rifle before a Union Jack. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/jamestown_1608.jpg John Smith takes charge of a starving colony (1608) Old engraved plate combining scenes of Native American life with a detailed map of a coastline. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/lakeerie_1813.jpg An American fleet captures an entire British squadron (1813) Painting of a line of sailing warships at anchor in a calm bay seen from a wooded shore. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/bikila_1960.jpg An Ethiopian runner wins the Olympic marathon barefoot (1960) A pack of six Olympic marathon runners on a road at night, the leader on the left running with bare feet while the others wear shoes. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-09 2026-09-09 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/mao_1976.jpg The founder of the People's Republic of China dies (1976) Black and white photograph of a laughing man in a high collared tunic and cap. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/mary_1543.jpg A nine month old baby is crowned queen of Scotland (1543) Engraved portrait of a young woman in a wide lace ruff and small ornamented cap. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/declaration_1776.jpg Congress officially renames the colonies the United States (1776) Painted mural of eighteenth century delegates seated around a table in a panelled room. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/dcplan_1791.jpg Commissioners name the new federal capital after the sitting president (1791) Detail from an eighteenth century engraved city plan showing a grid crossed by diagonal avenues. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/amalthea_1892.jpg Barnard spots Amalthea, the last moon found by eye alone (1892) Four grainy views of a small irregular potato shaped moon against black space. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-08 2026-09-08 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/leningrad_1941.jpg A siege begins that will last nearly 900 days (1941) Sepia photograph of a thin young boy in a hospital gown walking on crutches with one leg bandaged. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/nixon_1974.jpg A new president pardons the one who resigned a month earlier (1974) Colour photograph of two couples in formal dress walking a red carpet away from a white columned building. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/salerno_1943.jpg Italy switches sides in the middle of the war (1943) Black and white photograph of tanks rolling off landing craft onto a beach as soldiers watch. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/davidbegin_1501.jpg Michelangelo's David is unveiled in the Piazza della Signoria (1504) Sepia photograph of a colossal marble nude male statue on a plinth before a rough stone wall. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/galveston_1900b.jpg A hurricane wipes out Galveston, the deadliest disaster the country has known (1900) Sepia photograph of men searching an enormous field of splintered timber and wreckage. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-07 2026-09-07 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/blitz_1940.jpg German bombers begin 57 consecutive nights of raids on a capital city (1940) Dark etching of a city skyline under vast rolling clouds of smoke, a cathedral dome just visible. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/elizabeth_1533.jpg A future queen is born, to her father's open disappointment (1533) Elaborate portrait of a queen in a pearl encrusted gown, hand resting on a globe, sea battles visible behind her. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/brazil_1822.jpg A prince declares independence rather than return to Europe (1822) Romantic painting of mounted soldiers raising swords on a dirt road beside a stream, banners flying. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/turtle_1776.jpg Bushnell's Turtle makes the first submarine attack in history (1776) Technical diagram of a small egg shaped underwater craft with a seated operator, hand cranks and a propeller. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/thylacine_1936.jpg The last known thylacine dies in a zoo enclosure (1936) A striped, dog-like marsupial with a stiff tail standing on concrete beside a wire enclosure fence in a zoo. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-06 2026-09-06 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/mckinley_1901.jpg McKinley is shot at point blank range at a public reception (1901) Colour illustration of a crowded reception hall as a man in a dark suit lunges toward a startled official. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/magellan_1522.jpg Elcano brings home the last ship of Magellan's fleet (1522) Renaissance engraving of a sailing ship surrounded by sea gods, mermaids and a flying creature. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/mayflower_1620.jpg The Mayflower finally sails for America (1620) Oil painting of people in seventeenth century dress kneeling in prayer on a ship deck around an open book. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/columbus_1492.jpg Columbus leaves the Canary Islands and sails west into open ocean (1492) Renaissance oil portrait of a man in a dark cloak and cap, one hand resting on his chest. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/groton_1781.jpg Benedict Arnold burns a town in his own home state (1781) Engraved illustration of an officer in uniform standing under a bell, looking out over a burning town. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-05 2026-09-05 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/voyager_1977.jpg A probe launches that is still transmitting from interstellar space (1977) Colour photograph of a rocket climbing away from its launch tower on a pillar of white smoke against a deep blue sky. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/congress_1774.jpg Delegates from twelve colonies meet to organise resistance to Britain (1774) Colour photograph of a red brick Georgian hall with a white cupola and weathervane, framed by trees. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/peter_1698.jpg A tsar returns from Europe and starts forcibly westernising his court (1698) Oil portrait of a moustachioed man in armour with a white cravat and jewelled honours on a chain. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/labor_1882.jpg The first Labor Day parade fills the streets of New York (1882) Engraving of a huge parade of marchers with banners filling a city street beside a tree filled square. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/portsmouth_1905.jpg Theodore Roosevelt brokers peace between Russia and Japan (1905) Composite of formal portrait photographs of diplomats in dark suits arranged around a central figure. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-04 2026-09-04 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/geronimo_1886.jpg Geronimo surrenders, ending the last major Native American armed resistance (1886) Black and white photograph of a group of Apache men and women seated and standing among scrub, several holding rifles. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/spitz_1972.jpg Mark Spitz wins a seventh gold medal at a single Olympics (1972) Black and white photograph of two swimmers on an Olympic podium in tracksuits, one raising his arms. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/pearlst_1882.jpg The first commercial central power station starts supplying electricity (1882) Black and white photograph of a massive early industrial dynamo with heavy pipework in a brick engine room. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/littlerock_1957.jpg Nine Black students are blocked from entering an all-white high school (1957) Black and white photograph of a crowd outside a domed public building holding placards and American flags. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/kodak_1888.jpg A patent is granted for the camera that put photography in ordinary hands (1888) Patent drawings showing exploded views of a small box camera, a roll holder and internal gearing. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-03 2026-09-03 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/paris_1783.jpg A treaty in Paris formally ends the American Revolutionary War (1783) Unfinished oil painting of five eighteenth century diplomats in wigs and coats grouped around a table, the right side of the canvas left blank. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/cromwell_1658.jpg Oliver Cromwell dies, and the English republic dies with him (1658) Oil portrait of a stern man with shoulder length hair, wearing a white collar over polished steel armour. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/dagenh_1967.jpg An entire country switches which side of the road it drives on (1967) Black and white aerial photograph of a city street jammed with cars, buses and enormous crowds of onlookers. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/viking2_1976.jpg A lander touches down on Mars and starts sending back pictures (1976) Colour photograph of a rocky reddish plain scattered with boulders and patches of white frost, under a pale sky. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/fleming_1928.jpg Fleming returns from holiday to find a mould has killed his bacteria (1928) Black and white photograph of an older man in a white coat seated at a cluttered laboratory bench examining a small dish. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-02 2026-09-02 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/surrender_1945.jpg Japan signs the surrender that formally ends the Second World War (1945) Colour photograph of Japanese officials in top hats and military uniforms standing on a battleship deck before rows of Allied officers. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/greatfire_1666.jpg The Great Fire of London starts in a bakery on Pudding Lane (1666) Dark painting of a city burning fiercely at night across a river, with a bridge, a fortress and crowds of fleeing people in the foreground. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/atlanta_1864.jpg Sherman captures Atlanta, helping secure Lincoln a second term (1864) Black and white photograph of a collapsed railway depot, its roof caved in among brick rubble and bare trees. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/actium_31bc.jpg Octavian defeats Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (-31) Baroque painting of ancient warships with red banners clashing at sea, oars extended, figures falling into the water. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/hamilton_1789.jpg The US Treasury is created, and Alexander Hamilton takes charge of it (1789) Oil portrait of a man with greying swept back hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a dark background. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-01 2026-09-01 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/kanto_1923.jpg An earthquake and firestorm destroy Tokyo and Yokohama (1923) Black and white photograph of a vast field of rubble and burnt debris stretching to a river, with Japanese characters printed along the bottom edge. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/titanic_1985.jpg The wreck of the Titanic is found on the ocean floor (1985) Underwater photograph of a rusted ship bow encrusted with orange growths, railings still intact, lit against deep blue darkness. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/fischer_1972.jpg Bobby Fischer becomes world chess champion, ending Soviet dominance (1972) Black and white portrait of a smiling young man in a dark suit and wide collared shirt. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/sedan_1870.jpg Napoleon III is captured at Sedan with his whole army (1870) Nineteenth century painting of officers on horseback beside a carriage on a country road, one man in a white cap standing at the roadside. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/martha_1914.jpg Martha, the last passenger pigeon alive, dies in Cincinnati Zoo (1914) Black and white photograph of a single pigeon with a long tail perched on a diagonal wooden rail. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-08-31 2026-08-31 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/henry5_1422.jpg Henry V dies, leaving a nine-month-old baby as King of England (1422) Medieval profile portrait of a young king in a dark cap and red and gold robes, hands raised in prayer. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/ripper_1888.jpg Jack the Ripper claims the first of his canonical victims (1888) Victorian newspaper front page densely packed with engraved illustrations of police, bloodhounds and crowded street scenes. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/charleston_1886.jpg Charleston is wrecked by the worst earthquake the eastern United States has recorded (1886) Black and white photograph of a damaged stone church with cracked walls, seen across an overgrown graveyard. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/lewisclark_1803.jpg Lewis sets off down the Ohio to begin the expedition west (1803) Side by side oil portraits of two men in high collared dark coats, one dark haired and one red haired. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/blackmaria_1897.jpg Edison patents the movie camera (1897) Engraving of a dark wooden studio interior where a man operates a large boxy camera pointed at performers lit by daylight. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-08-30 2026-08-30 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/marshall_1967.jpg Thurgood Marshall is confirmed to the Supreme Court (1967) Black-and-white portrait of an older man in judicial robes and glasses, seated in front of a bookshelf. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/louis_1937.jpg Joe Louis defeats Tommy Farr in a 15-round decision (1937) Black-and-white photograph of two boxers mid-bout, one throwing a jab while the other ducks low. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/tannenberg_1914.jpg Germany crushes the Russian army at the Battle of Tannenberg (1914) Old photograph of a burning building with heavy smoke, soldiers and horse carts in the foreground. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/bluford_1983.jpg Guion Bluford becomes the first African American in space (1983) Photograph of a space shuttle lighting up the night sky with brilliant engine flames and huge billowing smoke clouds. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/macarthur_1945.jpg General MacArthur lands in Japan to begin the occupation (1945) Color photograph of a group of military officers in uniform standing on an airfield beside a large propeller aircraft. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-08-29 2026-08-29 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/mj_1958.jpg Michael Jackson is born (1958) Color photograph of a man in a sequined military-style jacket, sunglasses and one white glove, waving to a crowd. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/faraday_1831.jpg Michael Faraday demonstrates electromagnetic induction (1831) Old engraved illustration of a hand holding a wire coil near lab apparatus with cylinders and a galvanometer. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/daimler_1885.jpg Daimler and Maybach ride the first motorcycle (1885) Photograph of an old wooden-framed motorized vehicle with a large rear wheel and visible engine, on display indoors. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/quebec_1907.jpg The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction (1907) Black-and-white photograph of a massive tangled wreckage of steel girders after a bridge collapse. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/nanking_1842.jpg The Treaty of Nanking ends the First Opium War (1842) Old painting of dozens of formally dressed officers and officials gathered around a table inside a ship's cabin. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-08-28 2026-08-28 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/mlk_1963.jpg Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech (1963) Black-and-white photograph of a man in a suit waving to an enormous crowd stretching toward a distant obelisk monument. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/carrington_1859.jpg The most powerful geomagnetic storm ever recorded strikes Earth (1859) Old scientific diagram showing hand-drawn irregular blotchy shapes with compass and angle markings. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/enceladus_1789.jpg William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus (1789) Photograph of a bright icy moon covered in craters and long blue fracture lines, against black space. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/robinson_1945.jpg Branch Rickey tells Jackie Robinson he'll break baseball's color line (1945) Black-and-white photograph of a baseball player in a Brooklyn cap mid-swing, bat raised over his shoulder. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/slavery_1833.jpg The Slavery Abolition Act receives royal assent in Britain (1833) Old engraving of a crowd gathered outdoors around a man reading from a paper, with a plantation house and windmill behind them. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-08-27 2026-08-27 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/krakatoa_1883.jpg Krakatoa erupts with a blast heard 3,000 miles away (1883) Black-and-white photograph of a huge dark ash cloud erupting from a coastal landform, seen across open water. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/zanzibar_1896.jpg The shortest war ever recorded ends in 38 minutes (1896) Black-and-white photograph of a badly damaged multi-story building, with rubble in front and exposed columns. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/pearljam_1991.jpg Pearl Jam release their debut album, Ten (1991) Color photograph of a young rock singer with long hair, eyes closed, gripping a microphone on a dark stage. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/mars_2003.jpg Mars swings closer to Earth than it has in 60,000 years (2003) Photograph of the planet Mars, an orange-red sphere with visible surface markings and a polar ice cap, against black space. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/bolt_2015.jpg Usain Bolt wins his fourth straight 200m world title (2015) Color photograph of a sprinter in a yellow and green Jamaica singlet crossing the finish line with arms raised.