The Studebaker Brothers wagon company, a precursor of the automobile manufacturer, was established on this day in 1852. Did you know that: • Giambattista Bodoni, an Italian printer who invented typeface designs, was born on this day in 1740• Howard Carter opened the inner burial chamber of the Egyptian Pharaoh, Tutankhamun, on this day in 1923• […]
“Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll was published in America on this day in 1865. Did you know that: • The first exotic animal (lion) was exhibited in Boston on this day in 1716• Russell Penniman received a patent for a transparent photographic film on this day in 1895• English archaeologist Howard Carter opened Tutankhamun’s […]
Richard Gatling received a patent for the Gatling gun on this day in 1862. Did you know that: • Benjamin Palmer patented the artificial leg on this day in 1846• Dentist John Beers of San Francisco patented the gold crown on this day in 1873• Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt on […]
