The First Battle of Bull Run is fought near Manassas, Virginia. It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War and resulted in a chaotic retreat by Union forces, proving the war would be long and bloody.
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist known for his economical, understated writing style. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954 and is famous for works like The Old Man and the Sea, A Farewell to Arms, and For Whom the Bell Tolls.
The lowest natural temperature ever recorded directly on Earth is measured at Vostok Station, Antarctica. The temperature dropped to an astonishing minus 128.6 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 89.2 degrees Celsius.