Tag: Pierre Curie

The first horse-drawn mobile home was used on a journey from London to Cyprus on this day in 1879. Did you know that: • Philippe Pinel, a French physician known as the founder of psychiatry, was born on this day in 1745• Edgar Allen Poe’s first detective story, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” was […]

Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered radium on this day in 1898. Did you know that: • Jean-Henri Fabre was a French naturalist, entomologist, and author born on this day in 1823• The first crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) was printed in New York World on this day in 1913• Samuel L. Jackson is an […]