English mathematician Thomas Harriot was the first person to draw a map of the Moon by looking through a telescope on this day in 1609. Did you know that: • Mick Jagger is an English singer, songwriter, actor, and film producer born on this day in 1943• Scott Cawthon is an American former video game […]
Wilhelm Schneider patented the Carousel in Davenport, Iowa, on this day in 1871. Did you know that: • Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado found the City of Santiago de Cali on this day in 1536• English engineer George Stephenson introduced his first steam locomotive, a travelling engine designed for hauling coal […]
American explorer Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas on this day in 1911. Did you know that: • A patent for an oral form of the antibiotic Penicillin was granted to Ernst Brandl and Hans Margreiter on this day in 1956• Jennifer Lopez, also known by her nickname J.Lo, is […]
Born on this day in 1989, Daniel Radcliffe is an English actor, best known for playing Harry Potter in the Harry Potter film series. Did you know that: • William Austin Burt patented America’s first “typographer” on this day in 1829• Jonathan Hoyt patented an improved lamp on this day in 1872• Elijah McCoy was […]
Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world on this day in 1993; it took seven days and nineteen hours. Did you know that: • Willem Dafoe is an American actor born on this day in 1955• Selena Gomez is an American singer and actress born on this day in 1992• “One Piece”, […]
Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world’s first female elected head of government, as Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on this day in 1960. Did you know that: • Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to discover the Marquesas Island in Eastern Polynesia on this day in 1595• John Locke’s Constitution of […]
Apollo 11 lunar module carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the surface of the Moon on this day in 1969. Did you know that: • Elisha Brown Jr pressed a one-thousand two-hundred thirty-five-pound cheese ball at his farm on this day in 1801• German astronomer Theodor discovered the Comet Brorsen-Metcalf on this day […]
The steamship SS Great Britain was launched on this day in 1843. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it was the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and the largest vessel afloat in the world. Did you know that: • Astronomer Johannes Kepler had an epiphany and developed his theory of the […]
Born on this day in 1918, Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, statesman and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa. Did you know that: • The first half-page newspaper ad was published in NY Weekly Journal on this day in 1743• The patent for producing Terramycin, an antibiotic, was issued to its […]
Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey discovered the partial skull of a new species of early human ancestor, Zinjanthropus boisei or ‘Zinj’ (now called Paranthropus boisei), on this day in 1959 from Africa almost 2 million years ago. Did you know that: • Matthew Flinders published “A Voyage to Terra Australis”, detailing his circumnavigation of Australia, on this […]
Apollo 11 was launched, carrying 1the first men to land on Moon on this day in 1969. Did you know that: • D.R. Averill of Ohio patented ready-mixed paint on this day in 1867• Joseph Monier patented reinforced concrete on this day in 1867• Thaddeus Hyatt was granted a patent for reinforced concrete on this […]
