Apr 18 2024
In a monetary experiment, El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as a national currency. President Nayib Bukele stated on Monday that his government had purchased another 200 bitcoins following the decision to formally adopt the currency. As […]
Johnny Gruelle patented his Raggedy Ann doll on this day in 1915. Did you know that:• August Kekule von Stradonitz discovered the benzene ring on this day in 1829• Edith Eleanor McLean was the first baby to be placed in […]
Traveling alone is quite fun but can be quite challenging but not for Dr. Sudha Mahalingam. She has been tagging along with her husband on work trips for years. She took those trips as an opportunity to explore these unknown […]
Clarence Saunders opened the first true supermarket, the “Piggly Wiggly”, in Memphis on this day in 1916. Did you know that:• John Dalton, a British physicist who developed the atomic theory of matter, was born on this day in 1766• […]
The first colour video recording on magnetic tape was presented in North Carolina on this day in 1958. Did you know that:• Montplaisir Ceramic factory opened in Belgium on this day in 1786• Freddie Mercury was a British singer, songwriter, […]
George Eastman received a patented for the first successful roll film hand camera, the Kodak, on this day in 1888. Did you know that:• Lewis H. Latimer, an American inventor who worked for Thomas Edison and invented an electric lamp, […]
Ferdinand Porsche, a German car inventor who designed the Porsche and Volkswagen cars, was born on this day in 1875. Did you know that:• New York Sun, the first successful daily newspaper, began publishing on this day in 1833• Ryoji […]
The first automatic teller machine (ATM) was installed at Chemical Bank in Rockville Centre, New York, on this day in 1969. Did you know that:• Woldemar Voigt, a German physicist who developed the Voigt transformation in mathematical physics, was born on […]
R C Carrington & R Hodgson made the first observation of a solar flare on this day in 1859. Did you know that:• Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, was discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding on […]
Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Saudi Arabian politician and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, was born on this day in 1985. Did you know that:• Thomas Edison patented a kinetoscope camera on this day in 1897• The Burgess Shale fossils […]
Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand-born British physicist born on this day in 1871. He came to be known as the father of nuclear physics. Did you know that:• Gottlieb Daimler received a patent for a motorcycle on this day […]
