World Tourism Day, a better match book, and Thomas Nast - the father of the American Cartoon...On This Day!

European Day Of Languages, Venetians bombard the Parthenon, and the first televised Presidential debate...all On This Day!

Jimmy Doolittle makes the first blind flight, and John Bonham...On This Day.

National Punctuation Day, America's oldest supercentenarian, the first rodeo under lights, and Nirvana releases Nevermind...On This Day!

Nintendo, Ray Charles, and Ani Difranco...On This Day!

World Car Free Day, Sara Jane Moore attempts to assassinate President Gerald Ford, the Vela Incident, and Iraq invades Iran...On This Day!

Benedict Arnold commits treason, and Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier assassinated on the streets of Washington DC...On This Day.

Ferdinand Magellan begins his circumnavigation of the globe, and George RR Martin...On This Day!

Talk Like A Pirate Day, the first use of :-) on the internet, and Daniel Lanois & Nile Rodgers...On This Day!

ICANN, Leon Foucault & the Foucault Pendulum, and J.D.Tippit…On This Day.