Facts & Historical Events On This Day
Baltimore's iconic Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being struck by a cargo ship.
Michelle Obama's memoir 'Becoming' surpassed 10 million copies sold after four months of circulation.
A Dutch art investigator recovered Pablo Picasso's stolen 'Buste de Femme' painting. It had been missing for 20 years.
Ariana Grande released her first single, 'The Way.'
James Cameron dove into the deepest point of the Marianas Trench, Challenger Deep.
Pope John Paul II proclaimed the day as the first-ever World Youth Day.
East Pakistan declared its independence from Pakistan, forming Bangladesh.
The US tested the TX-17 thermonuclear bomb for the first time in Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands.
The battle of Iwo Jima was won by the US after a month and a week of fighting.
Driving tests were introduced in the UK for the first time.
Sir Henry Thompson conducted the UK's first cremation on the corpse of Mrs. Jeannette C. Pickersgill.
Thomas J Martin patented the fire extinguisher.
The first photo of the moon was taken by John Draper in New York City.
The first edition of the Book of Mormon was published in Palmyra, New York.
Up to 20,000 people were killed in an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela.
