John Holland was granted a patent for a submarine on this day in 1902. Did you know that: • The first performing monkey was exhibited in New York City on this day in 1751• Samuel Colt patented the first multi-shot revolving-cylinder revolver on this day in 1836• Thomas Davenport patented the first electric printing press […]
Steven Jobs, American co-founder of Apple Inc., was born on this day in 1995. Did you know that: • The premiere of George Handel’s opera “Rinaldo” took place at the Queen’s Theatre in London’s Haymarket on this day in 1711• Wilhelm Grimm, a German author, and the younger brother of Jacob Grimm of the literary duo […]
Walter Clopton Wingfield patented a game called “sphairistike” on this day in 1874. Did you know that: • Walt Disney’s animated movie “Pinocchio” was released on this day in 1940• Josh Gad is an American actor born on this day in 1981• Emily Blunt is a British actress born on this day in 1983
Robert Wadlow, also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, the tallest person in recorded history, was born on this day in 1918. Did you know that: • George Washington, the first president of the United States, was born on this day in 1732• Ernst Alexanderson received a patent for a selective […]
The world’s first locomotive, Richard Trevithick’s steam locomotive, ran along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil on this day in 1804. Did you know that: • The first known sewing machine was patented by John Greenough on this day in 1842• Edwin T. Holmes invented and installed the first electric burglar alarm […]
John Drummond received a patent for candle moulds on this day in 1846. Did you know that: • Cyrus Baldwin patented the hydraulic electric elevator on this day in 1872• Luther Crowell patented a machine that manufactured the square-bottom paper grocery bags on this day in 1872• Silas Noble and J.P. Cooley patented a toothpick […]
Thomas Edison received a patent for his gramophone on this day in 1878. Did you know that: • Nicolaus Copernicus, the first to formulate a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its centre, was born on this day in 1473• The tintype camera patented by Hamilton Smith on this […]
Auguste Bartholdi was awarded a patent for his design of the Statue of Liberty on this day in 1879. Did you know that: • Alessandro Volta, an Italian inventor of the electric battery, was born on this day in 1745• Mark Twain published the “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” on this day in 1885• Nellie Jay […]
Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patented an early bicycle called the “draisine” on this day in 1818. Did you know that: • René Laennec, a French physician who invented the stethoscope, was born on this day in 1781• Chester Stone patented a washing machine on this day in 1827• Michael Jordan is an American businessman and […]
The Studebaker Brothers wagon company, a precursor of the automobile manufacturer, was established on this day in 1852. Did you know that: • Giambattista Bodoni, an Italian printer who invented typeface designs, was born on this day in 1740• Howard Carter opened the inner burial chamber of the Egyptian Pharaoh, Tutankhamun, on this day in 1923• […]
Christopher Sholes, the inventor of the typewriter, was born on this day in 1819. Did you know that: • Cyrus McCormick, inventor of the first commercial mechanical reaper, was born on this day in 1809• William Henry Preece, a Welsh electrical engineer and inventor, was born on this day in 1834• Willem Kolff received a patent for the […]
