Salman Khan is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films born on this day in 1965. Did you know that: • Johann Kepler, a German astronomer who discovered elliptical orbits, was born on this […]
The first known performance of William Shakespeare’s tragedy “King Lear” was before the court of King James I at Whitehall, London on this day in 1606. Did you know that: • Charles Babbage, English inventor of the calculating machine, was […]
The legendary “Christmas Truce” took place on the battlefields of WWI between British and German troops on this day in 1914. Did you know that: • The first definite date Christmas was celebrated on was on this day in 352• […]
James Prescott Joule, the physicist who discovered the principle of conservation of energy, was born on this day in 1818. Did you know that: • Daniel Stover and William Hance patented a bicycle with a coaster brake on this day […]
English astronomer, John Flamsteed, observed Uranus on this day in 1690 without realizing it was undiscovered. Did you know that: • Giovanni Cassini discovered Rhea, a satellite of Saturn, on this day in 1672• Richard Arkwright, inventor of the spinning […]
Thomas Edison created the first string of Christmas tree lights on this day in 1882. Did you know that: • Thomas Edison’s phonograph was announced by Scientific American on this day in 1877• Grote Reber, inventor of the first parabolic […]
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 […]
“Grimm’s Fairy Tales” or “Children’s and Household Tales” by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm was first published on this day in 1812. Did you know that: • Albert Jones of New York patented corrugated paper or cardboard on this day […]
“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens was published on this day in 1843. Did you know that: • Mark Twain received the first of his three patents for suspenders on this day in 1871• Criss Angel is an American magician, […]
Steven Spielberg is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter born on this day in 1946. Did you know that: • Joseph John Thomson, known for his discovery of the electron, was an English physicist born on this day in […]
The Wright brothers made the first sustained motorized aircraft flight on this day in 1903. Did you know that: • Humphry Davy, best known for his discovery of elements such as potassium and sodium, was an English chemist born on this […]