May 07 2024
Hudson Motor Co displayed the first sedan-type car at the thirteenth Auto Show in New York on this day in 1913. Did you know that:• The first recorded lottery in England was drawn in St Paul’s Cathedral on this day […]
From first showing in the Asterix comic book series to appearing as an avatar on “The Masked Singer,” Vikings have been seen across pop culture adorning horned helmets to symbolise their power. However recently two-horned helmets first discovered in Viksø, […]
Silly Symphony was a weekly Disney comic strip that debuted as a topper for the Mickey Mouse strip’s Sunday page on this day in 1932. Did you know that:• The first auction of tea from Assam was held in London […]
Daguerreotype, an early photographic process, was announced at the French Academy of Science on this day in 1839. Did you know that:• Kirland Warbler discovered Andros Island in the Bahamas on this day in 1879• Karel Capek, a Czech writer best known […]
Elvis Presley was an American singer and actor born on this day in 1935. Dubbed the “King of Rock and Roll”, he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the twentieth century. Did you know that:• […]
William Purvis received a patent for a fountain pen on this day in 1890. Did you know that:• A typewriter was patented by Englishman Henry Mill on this day in 1714• The Marconi International Marine Communication Company established “CQD” as […]
The first recorded boxing match was engineered by Christopher Monck, the second Duke of Albemarle, between his butler and his butcher on this day in 1681. Did you know that:• Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrated their telegraph machine on […]
Otto Rudolf Martin Brendel took the first successful auroral photograph on this day in 1892. Did you know that:• King Camp Gillette, inventor of the best-selling safety razor, was born on this day in 1855• The “Strange Case of Dr […]
Born on this day in 1643, Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, physicist, and astronomer considered as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists of all time. Did you know that:• Wilhelm Beer, a German astronomer who made the first moon […]
Footprints discovered on a beach in Wales are believed to have been made by an early dinosaur more than 200 million years ago, experts say. Palaeontologists at London’s Natural History Museum said the footprints, which date back to the Triassic […]
The Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster introduced the first electric watch, The Hamilton Electric 500, on this day in 1957. Did you know that:• Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tested a flying machine on this day in 1496• Oleomargarine was patented […]
