Born on this day in 1926, Elizabeth II is Queen of the United Kingdom and fourteen other Commonwealth realms. Did you know that: • Friedrich W.A. Frobel, creator of the first kindergarten, was born on this day in 1782• Hans Christian Ørsted was the first to discover electromagnetism when he observed a compass needle on […]
The first horse-drawn mobile home was used on a journey from London to Cyprus on this day in 1879. Did you know that: • Philippe Pinel, a French physician known as the founder of psychiatry, was born on this day in 1745• Edgar Allen Poe’s first detective story, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” was […]
Baseball uniforms began displaying the players’ names on their backs on this day in 1960. Did you know that: • Ole Evinrude, American inventor of the first outboard motor with a practical commercial application, was born on this day in 1877• Nemesis (Death Star), a hypothetical red dwarf, first appeared in print in Nature Magazine […]
Superman, a fictional character created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, debuted in the comic book Action Comics on this day in 1938. Did you know that: • Irving Langmuir was granted a patent for an incandescent gas lamp on this day in 1916• The first crossword puzzle book was published by Simon […]
Lewis M. Norton patented pineapple cheese on this day in 1810. Did you know that: • Giovanni da Verrazzano became the first European to record his discovery of the New York Harbor on this day in 1524• Elmer K. Bolton invented neoprene using Julius Nieuwland’s divinyl acetylene on this day in 1930• Ford Mustang was […]
Charlie Chaplin was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer born on this day in 1889. Did you know that: • John Hadley was an English inventor of the octant, also called the reflecting quadrant, born on this day in 1682• Wilbur Wright, co-inventor of the world’s first successful motor-operated aeroplane, was born on this day […]
Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald’s fast-food restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois, on this day in 1955. Did you know that: • Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, inventor, and architect born on this day in 1452• Samuel Johnson’s “A Dictionary of the English Language” was published in London on this day in 1755• […]
William Bullock received a patent for a continuous-roll printing press on this day in 1863. Did you know that: • B. R. Ambedkar was an Indian jurist and economist born on this day in 1891• The RMS Titanic, the world’s largest ocean liner, hit an iceberg and sunk in the early morning hours of this […]
Alfred Mosher Butts, the inventor of the game “Scrabble”, was born on this day in 1899. Did you know that: • George Westinghouse patented a steam power brake on this day in 1869• Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster born on this day in 1963• Asteroid 7373 Takei was discovered and named after Star […]
On this day in 1988, Drs. Philip Leder and Timothy Stewart were issued the first patent for a new animal life form: a genetically altered mouse. Did you know that: • George C. Blickensderfer was granted a patent for a portable typewriter on this day in 1892• James Hillman, founder of archetypal psychology, was born […]
The twelfth-century Lewis chess pieces were exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland on this day in 1831, shortly after they were rediscovered on the Scottish Isle of Lewis. Did you know that: • Adriano Olivetti was an Italian manufacturer of typewriters, calculators, and computers, born on this day in 1901• Frank Piasecki designed […]
