Often depicted as grey and formal, the comrades of Soviet Russia let their hair down and held their first beauty pageant, changing the life of one schoolgirl.

A stunningly large and diverse crowd descends upon New York City’s Central Park on June 12, 1982, demanding nuclear disarmament and an end to the Cold War arms race.

Historic Gossamer Albatross Makes Epic Human-Powered Flight Across English Channel in 1979

On June 12, 1974, Little League Baseball, Inc.

NPT: A Landmark Step Toward Global Nuclear Disarmament and Cooperation in 1968

New Discoveries of Blue Galaxies Bolster Big Bang Theory in 1965

Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment on this day and sent to Robben Island, seven miles off Cape Town. It caused international outrage.

Six days after the D-Day landing, the five Allied landing groups, made up of some 330,000 troops, link up in Normandy to form a single solid front across northwestern France.

On June 12, 1942, Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl living in Amsterdam, receives a diary for her 13th birthday.

Revolutionary Electrobasograph Debuts: A Game Changer for Injury Claims and Muscle Research