Tag: Marie Curie

Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered radium on this day in 1898. Did you know that: • Jean-Henri Fabre was a French naturalist, entomologist, and author born on this day in 1823• The first crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) was printed in New York World on this day in 1913• Samuel L. Jackson is an […]

Robert Goddard demonstrated tube-launched solid propellant rockets on this day in 1918. Did you know that: • Pierre Gassendi observed the first ever transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler on this day in 1631• Marie Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist born on this day in 1867• Ella Yelich-O’Connor, known professionally as […]