May 06 2024
Horace Wells, the American dentist who pioneered the use of anaesthesia in dentistry, was born on this day in 1815. Did you know that:• John Fitch, American inventor of the steamboat, was born on this day in 1743• British crime […]
Buzz Aldrin is an American former astronaut, engineer, and fighter pilot born on this day in 1930. He and mission commander, Neil Armstrong, were the first two people to land on the Moon. Did you know that:• William Kelly patented […]
Born on this day in 1809, Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery. Did you know that:• Ezra Daggett and Thomas […]
Born on this day in 1856, Daniel Hale Williams was an American surgeon who performed the first successful heart surgery. Did you know that:• Joseph Glidden, American inventor of the modern barbed wire, was born on this day in 1813• […]
Born on this day in 1942, Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer, activist, and entertainer. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the twentieth century. Did you know that:• Leroy […]
André Jules Michelin was a French industrialist born on this day in 1853. He, with his brother, Édouard, founded the Michelin Tyre Company. Did you know that:• Spanish, the first grammar of a modern language, was presented to Queen Isabella […]
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist born on this day in 1929. Did you know that:• The first top hat was worn by John Etherington in London on this day in 1797• Elisha Otis was […]
Johann Christoph Denner invented the clarinet on this day in 1690. Did you know that:• George Cooke received a patent for a gas burner on this day in 1890• Derek Richter, an English neuroscientist and one of the founding fathers […]
The first-ever Mickey Mouse newspaper comic strip debuted on this day in 1930. Did you know that:• Galileo Galilei discovered Callisto, the fourth satellite of Jupiter, on this day in 1610• Henry Ford patented a method of constructing plastic auto […]
Like several others, historian A. Roger Ekirch thought that sleep was a constant in our lives, eight hours of rest a night never really varied over time and place. But in the course of his research on the nocturnal life […]
Jeff Bezos, founder and executive chairman of Amazon, was born on this day in 1964. Did you know that:• Igor Kurtshatov, a Russian nuclear physicist who built the first Russian nuclear bomb, was born on this day in 1903• A […]
