Muhammad Ali was elected to “Ring” magazine’s Boxing Hall of Fame on this day in 1987. Did you know that: • Solymon Merrick of Springfield, Massachusetts, patented the first wrench on this day in 1835• George Orwell published “Animal Farm” in the United Kingdom on this day in 1946• Helen McCrory was a British actress […]
Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker arrived in Boston to be exhibited on this day in 1829. Did you know that: • Champion of England titleholder Jack Broughton published ‘Rules of the Ring’ – earliest boxing code – on this day in 1743• A patent was granted to Leonard Greene of Mineola, New York, for […]
M Waldo Hanchett patented a dental chair on this day in 1848. Did you know that: • The first freight delivery tunnel system began underneath Chicago on this day in 1906• India gained independence on this day in 1947• Ben Affleck is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter born on this day in […]
John Ringling North, a famous circus director who co-founded the Ringling Brothers Circus, was born on this day in 1903. Did you know that: • The Mainz archbishop commissioned the psalter, the oldest known exactly dated printed book, on this day in 1457• Ernest Just, a famous biologist who pioneered cell division, was born on […]
The Bayreuth Festspielhaus opened with the first complete performance of Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle on this day in 1876. Did you know that: • Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered the Martian south polar cap on this day in 1642• William Gray of Hartford patented the coin-operated telephone on this day in 1889• Sebastian Stan is […]
Born on this day in 1887, Erwin Schrödinger was an Austrian-Irish physicist who developed a number of fundamental results in quantum theory. He is also known for his “Schrödinger’s cat” thought experiment. Did you know that: • American inventor Isaac Singer patented the sewing machine on this day in 1851• Thomas Edison completed the first […]
The world’s first roller rink opened in Rhode Island on this day in 1866. Did you know that: • Harry S Parmelee patented sprinkler head on this day in 1874• Asaph Hall discovered Mars’s moon Deimos on this day in 1877• Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple Computers, was born on this day in 1950• […]
O B Brown patented the moving picture projector on this day in 1869. Did you know that: • Dan Rylands patented a screw cap on this day in 1889• Rudolf Diesel’s prime model internal combustion engine ran on its own power for the first time in Augsburg on this day in 1893• Kylie Jenner is […]
Rudolf Diesel of France was granted a patent for an “internal combustion engine” known as the Diesel engine on this day in 1898. Did you know that: • Robert Fulton tested his steam paddle-boat on the River Seine and it sank on this day in 1803• Libanus McLouth Todd of Rochester, New York, patented his […]
Smith and Wesson patented metal bullet cartridges on this day in 1854. Did you know that: • A patent was issued to Francis Holton for a vehicle tire on this day in 1911• Dustin Hoffman is an American actor and filmmaker born on this day in 1937• Corpse Husband is an American musician and YouTuber […]
Harvard researcher Howard Aiken built the world’s first program-controlled calculator on this day in 1944. It was popularly called the Harvard Mark I. Did you know that: • Possibly first performance of Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth was performed in the Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace for King James I on this day in 1606• Theophilus […]
