Louis Zimmer, astronomer and clockmaker to the King of Belgium, was born on this day in 1888. Did you know that: • Richard Drew created Scotch tape on this day in 1930• Martin Freeman is an English actor born on this day in 1971• Alecia Moore, known professionally as Pink, is an American singer and […]
Johnny Gruelle patented his Raggedy Ann doll on this day in 1915. Did you know that: • August Kekule von Stradonitz discovered the benzene ring on this day in 1829• Edith Eleanor McLean was the first baby to be placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward’s Island, New York, on this day […]
Clarence Saunders opened the first true supermarket, the “Piggly Wiggly”, in Memphis on this day in 1916. Did you know that: • John Dalton, a British physicist who developed the atomic theory of matter, was born on this day in 1766• Edward V. Appleton, a noted British physicist who pioneered radiophysics, was born on this day […]
The first colour video recording on magnetic tape was presented in North Carolina on this day in 1958. Did you know that: • Montplaisir Ceramic factory opened in Belgium on this day in 1786• Freddie Mercury was a British singer, songwriter, record producer, and lead vocalist of the rock band Queen born on this day […]
George Eastman received a patented for the first successful roll film hand camera, the Kodak, on this day in 1888. Did you know that: • Lewis H. Latimer, an American inventor who worked for Thomas Edison and invented an electric lamp, was born on this day in 1848• Thomas Edison publicly presented a complete system […]
Ferdinand Porsche, a German car inventor who designed the Porsche and Volkswagen cars, was born on this day in 1875. Did you know that: • New York Sun, the first successful daily newspaper, began publishing on this day in 1833• Ryoji Noyori, a Japanese chemist and a Nobel Prize winner for the study of chirally […]
The first automatic teller machine (ATM) was installed at Chemical Bank in Rockville Centre, New York, on this day in 1969. Did you know that: • Woldemar Voigt, a German physicist who developed the Voigt transformation in mathematical physics, was born on this day in 1850• The electrical telegraph service was affected by a solar super […]
R C Carrington & R Hodgson made the first observation of a solar flare on this day in 1859. Did you know that: • Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, was discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding on this day in 1804• “A Trip To The Moon”, the first sci-fi film, was […]
Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Saudi Arabian politician and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, was born on this day in 1985. Did you know that: • Thomas Edison patented a kinetoscope camera on this day in 1897• The Burgess Shale fossils were discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott on this day in 1909• A J Reach […]
Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand-born British physicist born on this day in 1871. He came to be known as the father of nuclear physics. Did you know that: • Gottlieb Daimler received a patent for a motorcycle on this day in 1885• Hubert Cecil Booth patented the powered vacuum cleaner on this day in […]
Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer born on this day in 1958. He was dubbed the “King of Pop” and is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the twentieth century. Did you know that: • Adriaen Pieck and Gerrit de Ferry patented a wooden fire spout in Amsterdam […]
