The first extraterrestrial volcano was discovered on Jupiter’s satellite on this day in 1979. Did you know that: • Everett Horton patented a fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes on this day in 1887• Don Ku received a patent for a wheeled suitcase with a collapsible towing handle on this day in 1994• International Women’s […]
Roald Amundsen announced his discovery of the South Pole to the world on this day in 1912. Did you know that: • Charles Miller patented the first sewing machine to stitch buttonholes on this day in 1854• Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone on this day in 1876• Willis Farnsworth patented a […]
George Nissen received a patent for the first modern trampoline on this day in 1945. Did you know that: • Joseph Jenkes was granted the first patent for making scythes on this day in 1646• Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table of the elements to the Russian Chemical Society on this day in 1869• […]
Nikola Tesla attempted to describe the process of the ball lightning formation in Electrical World and Engineer on this day in 1904. Did you know that: • Piano company Steinway and Sons was founded by Heinrich Steinway in New York City on this day in 1853• C. H. Gould patented the stapler on this day […]
American builder Harry B. Helmsley, the designer of the Empire State Building, was born on this day in 1909. Did you know that: • Benjamin Waterhouse, a physician who tested the first smallpox vaccine, was born on this day in 1754• The song “Happy Birthday To You” was first published by Claydon Sunny on this day […]
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer born on this day in 1847. Did you know that: • A patent was granted to Thomas Jennings for “dry scouring of clothes” on this day in 1821• George Pullman, inventor of the railway sleeping car, was born on this day in 1831• Georg Cantor, a […]
Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was an American children’s author, illustrator, poet, and animator born on this day in 1904. Did you know that: • Frederick Cook of New Orleans patented a cotton-bale metallic tie on this day in 1858• The first automatic street lights appeared in New Milford on this day […]
Yellowstone became the world’s first national park on this day in 1872. Did you know that: • E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York, began production of the first practical typewriter on this day in 1873• Albert Berry performed the first (attached-type) parachute jump from an aeroplane on this day in 1912• Magician and […]
Edward Acheson patented an abrasive he named “carborundum” on this day in 1893. Did you know that: • The erroneous word “Dord” was discovered in the Webster’s New International Dictionary, Second Edition, on this day in 1939• American engineer Wright Forrester issued a patent for a computer core memory on this day in 1956• Donald […]
Pokémon debuted in the role-playing video game “Pocket Monsters Red and Green” for Game Boy in Japan on this day in 1996. Did you know that: • Russian Chemist Constantin Fahlberg discovered saccharin, an artificial sweetener, on this day in 1879• Elizabeth Taylor was a British-American actress born on this day in 1932• Apple officially […]
The Beach Pneumatic Transit, the first attempt to build an underground public transportation system in New York City, was opened on this day in 1870. Did you know that: • John Harvey Kellogg, creator of the flaked-cereal industry and founder of Kellogg Cereal, was born on this day in 1852• The first flamethrowers were used in Malancourt […]
