On this day in 1968, the first official 911 call was made in Haleyville, Alabama.

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On this day in 1965, the red maple leaf flag was raised for the first time as the national flag of Canada.

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On this day in 1991, psychological horror classic The Silence of the Lambs made its theatrical debut.

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On this day in 1960, France detonated its first atomic bomb to become the world’s fourth nuclear power.

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On this day in 1817, Argentine general José Francisco de San Martín led his troops to victory at the Battle of Chacabuco, marking a pivotal moment in the fight for Chilean independence.

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On this day in 1958, Ruth Carol Taylor became the first ever African American flight attendant when she operated a flight from Ithaca to New York City.

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On this day in 1897, The New York Times’ slogan, “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” appeared on the paper’s front page for the first time.

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On this day in 1886, President Grover Cleveland sent 300 U.S. troops to Seattle, Washington, in an effort to put down an anti-Chinese riot that had erupted two days earlier.

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On this day in 1986, Anthony “Spud” Webb, the shortest player in the NBA at the time, won first place at a slam dunk contest in Dallas, Texas.

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On this day in 1845, an Irish visitor to the British Museum in London purposely destroyed a 2,000-year-old Roman vase.

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