On this day in 1903, the Wright brothers made the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
On this day in 1938, Otto Hahn discovered the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
On this day in 2008, China approved the first batch of four Chinese local news outlets to post correspondents in Taiwan.
On this day in 2014, the United States and Cuba re-established diplomatic relations after severing them 55 years before.