This day in history we feature Mount Rushmore. After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed on this day in 1941. Trivia – Mount Rushmore Mount Rushmore National Memorial is centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum […]
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician born on this day in 1859. He created the character Sherlock Holmes, stories of whom are considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction. Did you know that: • Abraham Lincoln received a patent (only US President to do so) for a device to […]
The first telephone conversation was made between the inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, and his assistant, Thomas Watson – “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you” – on this day in 1879. Did you know that: • John Stone of Concord, Massachusetts, patented a pile driver on this day in 1791• Abraham Lincoln applied […]
Born on this day in 1809, Charles Darwin was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. Did you know that: • Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, was born on this day in 1809• Frederick Thayer patented the baseball catcher’s mask on this day in […]
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 […]
