Apr 19 2024
Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman born on this day in 1847. He is best known for his inventions of electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. Did you know that:• Henry Fox Talbot was […]
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, imam of the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, was born on this day in 1960. Did you know that:• Andrew Becker demonstrated his leather-covered diving suit on this day in 1774• The first patent […]
William Morgan introduced his new sport “Mintonette”, later renamed “Volleyball”, on this day in 1895. Did you know that:• Robert Fulton received a patent for a practical steamboat on this day in 1811• Apollo 14 returned to Earth on this […]
Born on this day in 1828, Jules Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His best works include ‘Around the World in Thirty Day’s and ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth’. Did you know that:• John Ames Sherman […]
Charles Dickens was an English writer born on this day in 1812. He created some of the world’s well-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. Did you know that:• Alfred Adler, […]
Mary Leakey was a British paleoanthropologist born on this day in 1913. She discovered the first fossilized Proconsul skull, a species of extinct ape believed to have been ancestral to humans. Did you know that:• Carl Ramsauer, a German research […]
The first motion picture was shown to a theater audience in Philadelphia on this day in 1870. Did you know that:• The Kinematoscope was patented by Coleman Sellers on this day in 1861• Samuel Goodale patented the first moving picture […]
Born on this day in 1913, Rosa Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. Did you know that:• J. W. Goodrich introduced the first rubber galoshes […]
The world’s first commercial cheese factory was established in Switzerland on this day in 1815. Did you know that:• Bartolomeu Dias discovered São Bras, now known as Mossel Bay, on this day in 1488• Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to […]
Playmobil toys, designed by Hans Beck, debuted at the Nuremberg Toy Fair on this day in 1974. Did you know that:• James Oliver invented the removable tempered steel plough blade on this day in 1869• Ethyl gasoline was first marketed […]
Thomas Edison completed the world’s first movie studio at West Orange, New Jersey on this day in 1893. Did you know that:• The first U.S. patent for an improvement to steamships was issued to Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet on […]
