On this day in 1345, the alignment of three planets supposedly caused the Black Death pandemic.

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On this day in 1958, production began on the live-action Disney film Darby O'Gill and the Little People.

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On this day in 1995, Mississippi finally voted to ratify the 13th Amendment–130 years after its passage.

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On this day in 1985, the first dot-com domain name was registered by Symbolics Inc., a Massachusetts computer company. 

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On this day in 1833, American dentist and women’s rights activist Lucy Hobbs Taylor was born.

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On this day in 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus. 

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On this day in 1926, Sylvia Townsend Warner’s debut novel, Lolly Willowes, was published by Viking Press.

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On this day in 432 BC, the newly-completed Parthenon was dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena.

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On this day in 1951, a serial killer couple known as the Lonely Hearts Killers were put to death at Sing Sing Prison.

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On this day in 1988, the Writers Guild of America began one of the longest union strikes in Hollywood history.

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