Born on this day in 1856, Daniel Hale Williams was an American surgeon who performed the first successful heart surgery. Did you know that:• Joseph Glidden, American inventor of the modern barbed wire, was born on this day in 1813• […]
Born on this day in 1942, Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer, activist, and entertainer. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the twentieth century. Did you know that:• Leroy […]
André Jules Michelin was a French industrialist born on this day in 1853. He, with his brother, Édouard, founded the Michelin Tyre Company. Did you know that:• Spanish, the first grammar of a modern language, was presented to Queen Isabella […]
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist born on this day in 1929. Did you know that:• The first top hat was worn by John Etherington in London on this day in 1797• Elisha Otis was […]
Johann Christoph Denner invented the clarinet on this day in 1690. Did you know that:• George Cooke received a patent for a gas burner on this day in 1890• Derek Richter, an English neuroscientist and one of the founding fathers […]
The first-ever Mickey Mouse newspaper comic strip debuted on this day in 1930. Did you know that:• Galileo Galilei discovered Callisto, the fourth satellite of Jupiter, on this day in 1610• Henry Ford patented a method of constructing plastic auto […]
Jeff Bezos, founder and executive chairman of Amazon, was born on this day in 1964. Did you know that:• Igor Kurtshatov, a Russian nuclear physicist who built the first Russian nuclear bomb, was born on this day in 1903• A […]
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 […]
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:• […]