May 18 2024
Wilhelm Schneider patented the Carousel in Davenport, Iowa, on this day in 1871. Did you know that:• Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado found the City of Santiago de Cali on this day in 1536• English engineer […]
American explorer Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas on this day in 1911. Did you know that:• A patent for an oral form of the antibiotic Penicillin was granted to Ernst Brandl and Hans Margreiter […]
Born on this day in 1989, Daniel Radcliffe is an English actor, best known for playing Harry Potter in the Harry Potter film series. Did you know that:• William Austin Burt patented America’s first “typographer” on this day in 1829• […]
Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world on this day in 1993; it took seven days and nineteen hours. Did you know that:• Willem Dafoe is an American actor born on this day in 1955• Selena Gomez […]
Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world’s first female elected head of government, as Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on this day in 1960. Did you know that:• Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to discover the […]
Apollo 11 lunar module carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the surface of the Moon on this day in 1969. Did you know that:• Elisha Brown Jr pressed a one-thousand two-hundred thirty-five-pound cheese ball at his farm on […]
The steamship SS Great Britain was launched on this day in 1843. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it was the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and the largest vessel afloat in the world. Did you […]
Born on this day in 1918, Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, statesman and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa. Did you know that:• The first half-page newspaper ad was published in NY Weekly Journal on […]
Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey discovered the partial skull of a new species of early human ancestor, Zinjanthropus boisei or ‘Zinj’ (now called Paranthropus boisei), on this day in 1959 from Africa almost 2 million years ago. Did you know that:• Matthew […]
Apollo 11 was launched, carrying 1the first men to land on Moon on this day in 1969. Did you know that:• D.R. Averill of Ohio patented ready-mixed paint on this day in 1867• Joseph Monier patented reinforced concrete on this […]
Born on this day in 1949, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, its Minister of Defence, and ruler of the Emirate of Dubai. Did you know that:• The […]
