Tag: Times of London

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 […]

The Times of London was printed by automatic, steam-powered presses for the first time on this day in 1814. Did you know that: • John Wesley Hyatt, the inventor of celluloid, was born on this day in 1837• America’s first auto race was held in Chicago on this day in 1895• Mary Elizabeth Winstead is […]