Apr 24 2024
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 […]
Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer born on this day in 1958. He was dubbed the “King of Pop” and is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the twentieth century. Did you know […]
The first known photograph of a tornado was taken near Howard, South Dakota on this day in 1884. Did you know that:• William Herschel discovered Saturn’s moon – Enceladus – on this day in 1789• Caleb Bradham renamed his carbonated […]
Tom Ford is an American fashion designer and filmmaker born on this day in 1961. Did you know that:• The first successful oil well was drilled near Titusville by Edwin Drake on this day in 1859• Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback […]
Mother Teresa was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary born on this day in 1910. Did you know that:• Charles Thurber patented a typewriter on this day in 1843• Harry Houdini escaped from chains underwater at the Aquatic Park […]
China Anne McClain is an American actress and singer born on this day in 1998. Did you know that:• Galileo demonstrated his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers on this day in 1609• The National Park Service was established by the […]
Chef George Crum prepared the first potato chips at Moon’s Lake House on this day in 1853. Did you know that:• Cornelius Swarthout patented a stove-top waffle iron on this day in 1869• Rupert Grint is an English actor born […]
Lunar Orbiter one took the first photograph of the Earth from the Moon on this day in 1966. Did you know that:• The first one-way streets opened in London on this day in 1617• Marie Ashton completed playing the piano, […]
