Apr 24 2024
Ham the chimpanzee flew a suborbital flight on the Mercury-Redstone 2 mission, becoming the first primate to be sent to space on this day in 1961. Did you know that:• Gail Borden announced his invention of evaporated milk on this […]
The lifeboat was first tested at sea by Mr Greathead on this day in 1790. Did you know that:• James Ritty and John Birch received a patent for the cash register on this day in 1883• Phil Collins is an […]
Born on this day in 1860, Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, considered to be one of the greatest writers in the world. Did you know that:• Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, “The Raven”, was first published in […]
London’s Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight on this day in 1807. Did you know that:• Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” was published by Thomas Egerton in the UK on this day in 1813• A patent was […]
Born on this day in 1832, Lewis Carroll was an English writer of children’s fiction, known for his facility with wordplay, logic, and fantasy. Some of his famous works include Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. […]
Hans Selye was a pioneering Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist born on this day in 1907. He is known for his work on the hypothetical response of an organism to stress. Did you know that:• The first electric dental drill was patented by […]
Virginia Woolf was an English writer born on this day in 1882, considered to be one of the most important modernist twentieth-century authors. Did you know that:• Gustavus Dows patented a modern form of the soda fountain on this day […]
Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, a German inventor who built the first rocket-powered aircraft, was born on this day in 1888. Did you know that:• Charles Goodyear Jr. received a patent for the Goodyear Welt, a machine for sewing boots and shoes, on this day […]
Wham-O toy company produced the first Frisbee disc, originally called the “Pluto”, on this day in 1957. Did you know that:• A patent for an envelope-making machine was granted to Jesse K. Park and Cornelius S. Watson on this day […]
Wilbur Scoville was an American pharmacist born on this day in 1865. He is best known for his creation of the “Scoville Organoleptic Test”, now standardized as the Scoville scale. Did you know that:• Johannes Brahms’ first piano concerto premiered […]
In the era 1467-1615, during Japan’s Sengoku “Warring States” era, castles were constructed and fortified all across the Japanese archipelago, resulting in about 5,000 individual keeps. Although several were ravaged at the behest of the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Edo […]
