Chevrolet officially entered the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T on this day in 1911. Did you know that: • Christopher Columbus ‘discovered’ the island of Dominica, originally inhabited by the Kalinago, on this day in 1493• The Times of India, the world’s largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper, was founded […]
Walt Disney World Resorts opened in Bay Lake, Florida on this day in 1971. The resort opened with the Magic Kingdom theme park featuring the Cinderella Castle. Did you know that: • “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott was published in America by Roberts Brothers of Boston on this day in 1868• The Ford Model […]
George Stephenson’s “Locomotion No. 1” became the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England on this day in 1825. Did you know that: • The physics journal Annalen der Physik published Albert Einstein’s paper introducing the equation E=mc² on this day in 1905• Henry […]
