Tag: Samuel Morse

The first recorded boxing match was engineered by Christopher Monck, the second Duke of Albemarle, between his butler and his butcher on this day in 1681. Did you know that: • Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrated their telegraph machine on this day in 1838• Agronomist George Washington Carver was granted a patent for cosmetics […]

Nicole Kidman is an American-born Australian actress, producer, and singer born on this day in 1967. Did you know that: • Three-hundred twenty-ton Savannah became the first steamship to cross any ocean in the Atlantic on this day in 1819• Samuel Morse was granted a patent for telegraphy signals on this day in 1840• Lionel […]