Tag: Agatha Christie

Horace Wells, the American dentist who pioneered the use of anaesthesia in dentistry, was born on this day in 1815. Did you know that: • John Fitch, American inventor of the steamboat, was born on this day in 1743• British crime writer Agatha Christie published her first novel “The Mysterious Affair at Styles” introducing the […]

Dame Agatha Christie, Lady Mallowan, was an English writer born on this day in 1890, known for her sixty-six detective novels and fourteen short story collections. Did you know that: • Jan Matzeliger, the inventor of the shoe-lacing machine, was born on this day in 1852• The first use of tanks in warfare, “Little Willies” was at […]