Tag: Frankenstein

New Year’s Day was celebrated for the first time in history as the Julian calendar took effect on this day in 45 B.C. Did you know that: • The “Daily Universal Register” (Times of London) published its first issue on this day in 1785• The dwarf planet, Ceres, was discovered by an Italian monk, Giuseppe […]

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and Marquis d’Arlandes made the first untethered balloon flight in a Montgolfier balloon on this day in 1783. Did you know that: • Issac Von Bunschoten patented a rosin-oil lamp on this day in 1854• Horror film “Frankenstein” was released on this day in 1931, based on Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein”• […]