The Twenty-Fourth Michigan Infantry regiment of the Iron Brigade engaged advancing Confederate forces at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on this day in 1863. In savage fighting, the Twenty-fourth Infantry lost 363 of 496 men on the just the first day of the three-day Battle of Gettysburg.

The one millionth Chevrolet Corvette, a white LT1 roadster with a red interior and a black roof, the same colors as the original 1953 version, rolled off the assembly line on this day in 1992.

On this day in 1985, the blockbuster action-comedy, Back to the Future, was released in theaters across the United States. It starred Michael J. Fox and Detroiter John DeLorean’s iconic concept car, which was memorably transformed into a time-travel device.

As the Confederate cavalry force, led by Jeb Stuart, withdrew from the battlefield at Gettysburg, the Fifth and Sixth Michigan Cavalry, led by Brigadier General Russell A. Alger, captured his supply wagons and 1500 Confederate prisoners on this day in 1863.