From The Atlantic, May 2013

"Reader Responses
The Big Question

Q:  What day most changed the course of history?

753 b.c.: Rome is founded

The birth of Jesus

May 29, 1453:  The fall of Constantinople

March 15, 1493:  Columbus returns to Spain from his first voyage to the Americas

Oct. 31, 1517: Martin Luther nails his Ninety-Five Theses to a church door.

Aug. 27, 1859:  Drake's oil well is tapped.  .  .

Nov. 24, 1859:  Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of the Species

Feb. 24, 1921:  The birth of Abe Vigoda

Sept. 28, l928:  Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

July 16, 1945:  The first atomic bomb test.  .  .

Oct. 14, 1947:  Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier

May 10, 1960:  The FDA approves Enovid for use as a birth-control pill

Jan. 22, 1970:  The first passsenger flight of the Boeing 747.  .  .

 Nov.  7, 2000
  Dec. 12, 2000:  George W. Bush is elected president."


WAIT A MINUTE:  Feb. 24, 1921?