Tag: Wilbur Wright

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician born on this day in 1859. He created the character Sherlock Holmes, stories of whom are considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction. Did you know that: • Abraham Lincoln received a patent (only US President to do so) for a device to […]

Charlie Chaplin was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer born on this day in 1889. Did you know that: • John Hadley was an English inventor of the octant, also called the reflecting quadrant, born on this day in 1682• Wilbur Wright, co-inventor of the world’s first successful motor-operated aeroplane, was born on this day […]