Pioneering Transglobe Expedition Completes First Polar Circumnavigation in Historic 1982 Journey

Discovery of Element 109: Scientists Successfully Create and Identify Meitnerium for the First Time

On August 29, 1982, the Swedish-born actress and three-time Academy Award winner Ingrid Bergman dies of cancer on her 67th birthday.

On August 29, 1970, more than 20,000 Mexican Americans march through East Los Angeles to protest the Vietnam War.

Historic Space-Aquanaut Conversation Marks a Milestone in Human Exploration

Kennedy's Response to DDT Sparks Environmental Movement That Led to 1972 Ban

Pop sensation Michael Jackson is born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana.

Cold War Begins as USSR Shockingly Tests First Atomic Bomb Ahead of Predictions

At a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name “First Lightning.

Tizard's 1940 Mission: Pivotal Partnership Shaped Victory in the Battle of Britain