Tag: F. Scott Fitzgerald

This Day, That Year – April 10

Zoya Siddiqui Apr. 10, 2022

The RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton for her maiden and final voyage on this day in 1912. Did you know that: • Walter Hunt patented the first safety pin on this day in 1849• Scribner’s Sons published “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald on this day in 1925• Thiokol synthetic rubber was first […]

This Day, That Year – September 24

Zoya Siddiqui Sep. 24, 2021

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 1852• Georges Claude, the French inventor of neon light, was born on this day […]

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