Johann Christoph Denner invented the clarinet on this day in 1690. Did you know that: • George Cooke received a patent for a gas burner on this day in 1890• Derek Richter, an English neuroscientist and one of the founding fathers of the science of brain chemistry, was born on this day in 1907• Grant […]
The first-ever Mickey Mouse newspaper comic strip debuted on this day in 1930. Did you know that: • Galileo Galilei discovered Callisto, the fourth satellite of Jupiter, on this day in 1610• Henry Ford patented a method of constructing plastic auto bodies on this day in 1942• Orlando Bloom is an English actor born on […]
Jeff Bezos, founder and executive chairman of Amazon, was born on this day in 1964. Did you know that: • Igor Kurtshatov, a Russian nuclear physicist who built the first Russian nuclear bomb, was born on this day in 1903• A long-distance radio message was sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time on […]
Hudson Motor Co displayed the first sedan-type car at the thirteenth Auto Show in New York on this day in 1913. Did you know that: • The first recorded lottery in England was drawn in St Paul’s Cathedral on this day in 1569• The moons of Uranus, Titania and Oberon, were discovered by William Herschel […]
Silly Symphony was a weekly Disney comic strip that debuted as a topper for the Mickey Mouse strip’s Sunday page on this day in 1932. Did you know that: • The first auction of tea from Assam was held in London on this day in 1839• Thomas Laine patented the electric gas lighter on this […]
Daguerreotype, an early photographic process, was announced at the French Academy of Science on this day in 1839. Did you know that: • Kirland Warbler discovered Andros Island in the Bahamas on this day in 1879• Karel Capek, a Czech writer best known for his play “R.U.R.” which introduced the word “robot”, was born on this day […]
Elvis Presley was an American singer and actor born on this day in 1935. Dubbed the “King of Rock and Roll”, he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the twentieth century. Did you know that: • The chrome tanning process for leather was patented by Augustus Schultz on this day […]
William Purvis received a patent for a fountain pen on this day in 1890. Did you know that: • A typewriter was patented by Englishman Henry Mill on this day in 1714• The Marconi International Marine Communication Company established “CQD” as the first international radio distress signal on this day in 1904• A patent was […]
The first recorded boxing match was engineered by Christopher Monck, the second Duke of Albemarle, between his butler and his butcher on this day in 1681. Did you know that: • Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrated their telegraph machine on this day in 1838• Agronomist George Washington Carver was granted a patent for cosmetics […]
Otto Rudolf Martin Brendel took the first successful auroral photograph on this day in 1892. Did you know that: • King Camp Gillette, inventor of the best-selling safety razor, was born on this day in 1855• The “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson was published by Longmans, Green & […]
Born on this day in 1643, Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, physicist, and astronomer considered as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists of all time. Did you know that: • Wilhelm Beer, a German astronomer who made the first moon map, was born on this day in 1797• Louis Braille, inventor of a reading […]
