J. L. Johnstone of England invented the starting gate used in horse racing on this day in 1894. Did you know that: • Cambridge College was renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard on this day in 1639• William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus on this day in 1781, first assumed to be a “comet”• Chester […]
Hudson Motor Co displayed the first sedan-type car at the thirteenth Auto Show in New York on this day in 1913. Did you know that: • The first recorded lottery in England was drawn in St Paul’s Cathedral on this day in 1569• The moons of Uranus, Titania and Oberon, were discovered by William Herschel […]
English astronomer, John Flamsteed, observed Uranus on this day in 1690 without realizing it was undiscovered. Did you know that: • Giovanni Cassini discovered Rhea, a satellite of Saturn, on this day in 1672• Richard Arkwright, inventor of the spinning frame, was born on this day in 1732• Thomas Edison patented a magneto-electric machine on […]
A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket, launched from Whites Sands US on this day in 1946, took the first photograph of the earth from outer space. Did you know that: • Alonzo Phillips patented a friction match on this day in 1836• William Lassell discovered Ariel and Umbriel, the satellites of Uranus, […]
