Jan Matzeliger invented the first machine to manufacture shoes on this day in 1883. Did you know that: • Phineas Quimby received a patent for a steering mechanism on this day in 1850• The first stone for the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona was laid on this day in 1882• Bruce Willis is an American […]
Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov left his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for twelve minutes, becoming the first person to walk in space on this day in 1965. Did you know that: • First public bus service, established by Blaise Pascal, began operating in Paris as the “Carrosses a Cinq Sous” on this day in 1662• David Melville patented […]
Gottlieb Daimler, the inventor of the first motorcycle, was born on this day in 1834. Did you know that: • Stephen Perry patented the first rubber band on this day in 1845• Kurt Russell is an American actor born on this day in 1951• St. Patrick’s Day, an Irish and Irish-American holiday, is celebrated every […]
The first female boxing match occurred between Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland on this day in 1876. Did you know that: • Norbert Rillieux was a Louisiana Creole inventor born on this day in 1806, who revolutionized the sugar industry with his multiple-effect evaporator• Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket on this day […]
Rolls-Royce was established by Henry Royce and Charles Rolls on this day in 1906. Did you know that: • Coenraad J. van Houten was a Dutch chemist and chocolate maker born on this day in 1801• Liberty Hyde Bailey was an American horticulturist and botanist born on this day in 1858• Jesse W. Reno received […]
German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patented a “Navigable Balloon” on this day in 1899. Did you know that: • Physicist Pieter van Musschenbroek, inventor of the first electrical capacitor, the Leyden Jar, was born on this day in 1692• Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin machine on this day in 1794• James […]
J. L. Johnstone of England invented the starting gate used in horse racing on this day in 1894. Did you know that: • Cambridge College was renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard on this day in 1639• William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus on this day in 1781, first assumed to be a “comet”• Chester […]
Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time in Joseph A. Biedenharn’s candy store on this day in 1894. Did you know that: • Mahatma Gandhi began his famous protest march against the British salt tax on this day in 1930• “The Cat in the Hat” by Dr. Seuss was published by Random House […]
Sotheby’s Auction House held its first ever auction (of books) in London on this day in 1744. Did you know that: • The first English daily newspaper “Daily Courant” began publishing on this day in 1702• Samuel Mullikin became the first inventor to obtain multiple patents on this day in 1791• The West was first […]
The first telephone conversation was made between the inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, and his assistant, Thomas Watson – “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you” – on this day in 1879. Did you know that: • John Stone of Concord, Massachusetts, patented a pile driver on this day in 1791• Abraham Lincoln applied […]
Nicolaus Copernicus recorded the first astronomical observation at Bologna on this day in 1497. Did you know that: • Charles Graham of New York was granted the first patent for artificial teeth on this day in 1822• Albert Potts of Philadelphia patented a street mailbox on this day in 1858• Gladys Geissmann received a patent […]
