Born on this day in 1949, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, its Minister of Defence, and ruler of the Emirate of Dubai. Did you know that: • The Rosetta Stone was found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François […]
Sarah Goode received a U.S. patent for her invention of a folding cabinet bed on this day in 1885. Did you know that: • The first public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration was by Florida physician John Gorrie on this day in 1850• Alvin J. Fellows of New Haven, Connecticut patented the tape measure […]
The Hollywood Sign was officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles on this day in 1923. Did you know that: • The source of the Mississippi River was discovered by American geographer Henry Schoolcraft on this day in 1832• Swedish-American inventor John Ericsson filed for a patent for his screw propeller design on […]
Born on this day in 1997, Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. Did you know that: • A paper bag manufacturing machine was patented by William Goodale, Massachusetts, on this day in 1859• Michelle Rodriguez is an American actress born on this day in 1978• James […]
US Patent Office says Joseph Swan rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp on this day in 1892. Did you know that: • Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro published his memoir on the molecular content of gases on this day in 1811• Bill Atkinson, the inventor of HyperCard software, left […]
Born on this day in 1856, Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system. Did you know that: • Carl Friedrich Gauss discovered that every positive integer is representable as a sum of at most […]
John Archibald Wheeler, a theoretical physicist who coined the terms black hole and wormhole, was born on this day in 1911. Did you know that: • An unsuccessful expedition led by E.D Young set out to search for Dr David Livingstone on this day in 1867• American inventor Henry Tibbe patented an improved corncob pipe […]
Wall Street Journal began publishing on this day in 1889. Did you know that: • Theodore R. Timby was granted a patent for discharging guns in a revolving turret using electricity on this day in 1862• Anna Nichols became the first female patent examiner on this day in 1873• Alfred Carlton Gilbert’s patent for the […]
Sliced bread was sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company on this day in 1928 using the machine invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder. Did you know that: • Warner Brothers copyright registered “Batman” on this day in 1989• MS Dhoni is a former Indian international cricketer born on this day in 1981, […]
Sylvester Stallone is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer born on this day in 1946. Did you know that: • Lyman Blake patented a shoe manufacturing machine on this day in 1858• A patent was granted to Albert Gonzales for a railway switch on this day in 1904, one that’s still used today on […]
The Bugs Bunny phrase “What’s Up, Doc?” was trademark registered on this day in 1988. Did you know that: • Isaac Newton’s great work Principia was published by the Royal Society in England, outlining his laws of motion and universal gravitation, on this day in 1687• Sylvester Graham, the man who invented the graham cracker, was […]
