New Year’s Day was celebrated for the first time in history as the Julian calendar took effect on this day in 45 B.C. Did you know that:• The “Daily Universal Register” (Times of London) published its first issue on this […]
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and Marquis d’Arlandes made the first untethered balloon flight in a Montgolfier balloon on this day in 1783. Did you know that: • Issac Von Bunschoten patented a rosin-oil lamp on this day in 1854• Horror […]