In 1996, scientists took a huge risk when they pointed the Hubble telescope to an inky field that they believed to be void of stars and planets. As images from Hubble are in constant demand, the worry was that devoting so much time to a black space would prove futile. Once the photons finally registered, though, that leap of faith proved fruitful: light from over three thousand galaxies illuminated the image.

The Netherlands Robert Walter Weir/DutchNewsThe embark of the Dutch Pilgrims. The Dutch version of Thanksgiving is also directly related to the holiday we celebrate in the United States. When most people think of the origin of Thanksgiving in the U.S., they think of the British Pilgrims landing on Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts aboard the Mayflower. But the English Pilgrims weren’t the only ones who lept across the pond. Dutch Pilgrims joined their English counterparts on the journey.

Thomas Dillon shot and killed five men in rural Ohio between 1989 and 1992, but he was only caught when his friend turned him in to the FBI because he'd been acting so unhinged.In the late 1980s and early 1990s, police in Ohio were baffled by the seemingly random murders of hunters and fishermen across several rural counties. Someone was driving the state’s wooded backroads and hunting humans with a high-powered rifle — and that someone was Thomas Dillon.

What happened on this day in history: Jack the Ripper murders his first victim, Princess Diana dies in Paris, and more.1422: Henry V Of England Dies After contracting dysentery during battle, King Henry V of England dies at the Château de Vincennes near Paris, France. He was just 35 years old and had been king for only nine years. His heir, Henry VI, was a mere nine months old when he ascended to the English throne.

What happened on this day in history: Napoleon Bonaparte returns from exile in 1815, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is first published, and more.43 B.C.E.: Ovid Is Born Roman poet Pūblius Ovidius Nāsō, better known as Ovid, is born in Sulmo, Italy. Along with Virgil and Horace, Ovid is frequently considered one of the greatest poets of Latin literature. His most well-known work is Metamorphoses, or “Transformations,” a collection of mythological stories about humans transforming into other objects.