Apr 19 2024
Born on this day in 1869, Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India’s independence from British rule. Did you know that: • J Osterhoudt patented […]
Telescopes are time machines. One day, they could take us to a time before starlight. When astronomers peer out into the vast distances of space, they’re also looking back in time. That’s because faraway light takes a long time to […]
Walt Disney World Resorts opened in Bay Lake, Florida on this day in 1971. The resort opened with the Magic Kingdom theme park featuring the Cinderella Castle. Did you know that: • “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott was published […]
American dentist Dr. William Morton used anesthetic ether for the first time to extract a tooth on this day in 1846. Did you know that: • Antoine J. Balard, a French chemist who discovered bromine, was born on this day in […]
American oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, became the world’s first billionaire on this day in 1916. Did you know that: • Paul MacCready, an American engineer who created the first human-powered aircraft, was born on this day in 1925• The […]
Jaromir Wagner was the first to fly to the Atlantic standing on the wing of a plane on this day in 1980. Did you know that: • Explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo discovered California, at San Diego Bay, named it San […]
George Stephenson’s “Locomotion No. 1” became the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England on this day in 1825. Did you know that: • The physics journal Annalen der […]
Lilly Singh (formerly known on YouTube as Superwoman) is a Canadian comedian, former talk show host, and YouTuber born on this day in 1988. Did you know that: • Joseph Proust was a French chemist born on this day in […]
The first transatlantic telephone cable went into operation on this day in 1956. Did you know that: • British physician Dr. Charles Drysdale warned against the use of tobacco in a letter to The Times newspaper on this day in […]
F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American novelist, essayist, short story, and screenwriter born on this day in 1896. Did you know that:• Henri Giffard, a French engineer, demonstrated the first engine-powered dirigible/airship flight with steam power on this day in […]
A twenty-one-year-old thief stole Jan Vermeer’s painting “The Love Letter” from The Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels on this day in 1971. Did you know that:• Richard Rhodes invented a hearing aid called the Audiphone on this day in 1879• […]
