Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute descent from a balloon in Paris on this day in 1797. Did you know that: • Thomas Edison perfected the carbonized cotton filament light bulb on this day in 1879• Julian, Mayer, and Krause received a patent for cortisone on this day in 1940 – used to treat rheumatoid […]
Born on this day in 1833, Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist, after whom the Nobel Prize was named. Did you know that: • English scientist John Dalton read his paper on the absorption of gases by water to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society on this day in 1803• […]
“The Return of the King”, the third and final volume of “The Lord of the Rings” by J. R. R. Tolkien, was published by George Allen and Unwin on this day in 1955. Did you know that: • Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube) on this day in 1906• The first […]
Steve McPeak rode a 101’9″ unicycle on this day in 1980. Did you know that: • Martin Luther became a doctor of theology on this day in 1512• Georg Knorr, a German engineer who created the brake system trains, was born on this day in 1859• Sir Michael Gambon is an Irish-English actor born on […]
Walt Disney’s film “Jungle Book” was released on this day in 1967. Did you know that: • Charles Strite was granted a patent for his invention – the automatic pop-up toaster on this day in 1921• Zach Efron is an American actor and singer born on this day in 1987• Tyler Posey is an American […]
Thomas Edison filed a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie) on this day in 1888. Did you know that: • Felix Mendelssohn’s first Piano concert in G minor premiered in Munich on this day in 1831• Built by Allied POWs and Asian laborers for use of the Japanese army, the Burma railway was […]
The first edition of C.S. Lewis’s “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” was released in London on this day in 1950. Did you know that: • Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright was born on this day in 1854• Frank Sprague was granted a patent for a multi-control for electric trains on […]
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, an Indian aerospace scientist who served as the eleventh president of India, was born on this day in 1931. Did you know that: • Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher, poet, writer, and philologist born on this day in 1844• Eleven-year-old Grace Bedell wrote to Abraham Lincoln telling him to […]
Arthur Conan Doyle published “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” on this day in 1892, a collection of twelve stories originally published serially in “The Strand Magazine”. Did you know that: • Elwood Haynes, an American inventor of the metal alloy stellite, was born on this day in 1857• George Eastman patented the paper-strip photographic film […]
Born on this day in 1925, Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, also known as the “Iron Lady”, was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Did you know that: • The Whirlpool Galaxy was discovered by astronomer Charles Messier on this day in 1773• Garrett Morgan patented his safety hood device, […]
Elmer Sperry, the inventor of the gyrocompass, was born on this day in 1860. Did you know that: • The Ford Motor Company manufactured its one-millionth automobile at the River Rouge plant on this day in 1915• Jean Nidetch, an American nutritionist who invented Weight Watchers, was born on this day in 1923• Hugh Jackman was an […]
