Tag: Jack Broughton

Supernova “Kepler’s nova” was first sighted by Lodovico delle Colombe in Italy on this day in 1604. Did you know that: • Jack Broughton designed padded gloves on this day in 1818 – first used in a competitive boxing match at Aix-la-Chapelle in France• Karl Nessler demonstrated the first ‘permanent wave’ for hair in London […]

Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker arrived in Boston to be exhibited on this day in 1829. Did you know that: • Champion of England titleholder Jack Broughton published ‘Rules of the Ring’ – earliest boxing code – on this day in 1743• A patent was granted to Leonard Greene of Mineola, New York, for […]