May 05 2024
Hans Zimmer is a German film score composer and record producer born on this day in 1957. Did you know that:• The first submarine was publicly tested in London on the Thames for King James I on this day in […]
Carl Zeiss was a German scientist and optician born on this day in 1816, known for the lens manufacturing company he founded known as Carl Zeiss. Did you know that:• James Cutler patented a postal mail chute on this day in […]
Elias Howe received a patent for a lockstitch sewing machine on this day in 1846. Did you know that:• Waldo Semon, an American inventor who invented vinyl, was born on this day in 1898• Gunpei Yokoi, a Japanese inventor and […]
ABU DHABI: Using a leaf found from the archaeological site of an ancient Egyptian temple, researchers from New York University Abu Dhabi’s (NYUAD) Centre for Genomics and Systems Biology have successfully determined the ancient hybrid origin of some date palms, […]
On this day in 1945, Grace Hopper discovered the first “bug” in a computer program; a moth was removed with tweezers from a relay & taped into the log. Did you know that:• John Herschel took the first-ever photo captured […]
Louis Zimmer, astronomer and clockmaker to the King of Belgium, was born on this day in 1888. Did you know that:• Richard Drew created Scotch tape on this day in 1930• Martin Freeman is an English actor born on this […]
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 […]
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 […]
