1633 Galileo, then age 68, left his home in Florence, Italy, to face the Inquisition in Rome. By that June he buckled under the threats and interrogation by the Inquisition, and renounced his belief that the Earth revolved around the Sun
I guess I've never read this before. I didn't know that.
1986 Britain and France announced plans to build rail tunnels underneath the English Channel, the Chunnel
You couldn't get me in that thing for love or money.