Joan of Arc burned at the stake and Mel Blanc, man of a thousand voices...On This Day!

Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay reach the Summit of Mount Everest, the first people on the top of the world....On This Day!

Mathias Rust lands a Cessna in Red Square, and Ian Fleming...On This Day!

Americans capture Fort George in the War of 1812, Christopher Reeve thrown from his horse, and Robert Ripley's Believe It Or Not...all On This Day.

National Paper Airplane Day, Bram Stoker's Dracula published, and Miles Davis...all On This Day!

Teacher John Scopes indicted for teaching evolution, JFK sets goal of landing a man on the moon, Star Wars released, Frank Oz, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ludlum, Beverly Sills, Mike Myers, and Octavia Spencer...all On This Day!

"Mary Had A Little Lamb", Eurovision Song Contest & "1944", and Patti LaBelle & "Lady Marmalade"...all On This Day!

World Turtle Day, Bonnie & Clyde meet their end, and Robert Moog & the Moog Synthesizer...all On This Day!

Inventor Abraham Lincoln, Johnny Carson's last Tonight Show, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...all On This Day! (Plus!- is that the sound of Arthur Conan Doyle making contact from the other side?)

Clara Barton founds the American Red Cross, Charles Lindbergh & Amelia Earhart, first in flight...all On This Day!