Apr 26 2024
Simon and Schuster book publishing was founded on this day in 1938. Did you know that:• Rudolph Clausius, a German physicist known as one of the founders of thermodynamics, was born on this day in 1822• The first photo of the […]
New Year’s Day was celebrated for the first time in history as the Julian calendar took effect on this day in 45 B.C. Did you know that:• The “Daily Universal Register” (Times of London) published its first issue on this […]
On this day in 1853, a dinner party was held inside a life-sized model of an Iguanodon (ornithopod dinosaur), created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in South London. Did you know that:• Henri Matisse was a French […]
The bones of five mammoths were discovered with Neanderthal stone tools at a quarry near Swindon, providing a revealing look at life in Britain during the ice age 200,000 years ago. The well-preserved mammoth remains belonged to two adults, two […]
Asa Griggs Candler, an American business tycoon and politician who purchased the Coca-Cola recipe, was born on this day in 1851. Did you know that:• Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announced the existence of other galactic systems at meeting of the […]
Charles Macintosh, the inventor of waterproof fabric, was born on this day in 1776. Did you know that:• Thomas Dibdin’s pantomime “Harlequin and Mother Goose” opened at the Covent Garden Theatre, London on this day in 1806• The steam-powered threshing […]
Stan Lee was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer born on this day in 1922. Did you know that:• M. Jolly-Bellin discovered dry-cleaning on this day in 1849 when he accidentally spilt a lamp containing turpentine and […]
Salman Khan is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films born on this day in 1965. Did you know that: • Johann Kepler, a German astronomer who discovered elliptical orbits, was born on this […]
The first known performance of William Shakespeare’s tragedy “King Lear” was before the court of King James I at Whitehall, London on this day in 1606. Did you know that: • Charles Babbage, English inventor of the calculating machine, was […]
The legendary “Christmas Truce” took place on the battlefields of WWI between British and German troops on this day in 1914. Did you know that: • The first definite date Christmas was celebrated on was on this day in 352• […]
James Prescott Joule, the physicist who discovered the principle of conservation of energy, was born on this day in 1818. Did you know that: • Daniel Stover and William Hance patented a bicycle with a coaster brake on this day […]
