Apr 29 2024
Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald’s fast-food restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois, on this day in 1955. Did you know that:• Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, inventor, and architect born on this day in 1452• Samuel Johnson’s “A […]
William Bullock received a patent for a continuous-roll printing press on this day in 1863. Did you know that:• B. R. Ambedkar was an Indian jurist and economist born on this day in 1891• The RMS Titanic, the world’s largest […]
Alfred Mosher Butts, the inventor of the game “Scrabble”, was born on this day in 1899. Did you know that:• George Westinghouse patented a steam power brake on this day in 1869• Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster born […]
On this day in 1988, Drs. Philip Leder and Timothy Stewart were issued the first patent for a new animal life form: a genetically altered mouse. Did you know that:• George C. Blickensderfer was granted a patent for a portable […]
The twelfth-century Lewis chess pieces were exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland on this day in 1831, shortly after they were rediscovered on the Scottish Isle of Lewis. Did you know that:• Adriano Olivetti was an Italian manufacturer […]
The RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton for her maiden and final voyage on this day in 1912. Did you know that:• Walter Hunt patented the first safety pin on this day in 1849• Scribner’s Sons published “The Great Gatsby” […]
Eadweard Muybridge, an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, was born on this day in 1830. Did you know that:• Samuel R. Percy patented dried milk on this day in 1872• John Presper Eckert, […]
The famous ancient Greek statue, Venus de Milo was discovered on the Aegean island of Milos on this day in 1820. Did you know that:• The first fire escape – a wicker basket on a pulley with a chain – […]
English chemist John Walker invented and sold the first operable wooden matches on this day in 1877. Did you know that:• Francis Cabot Lowell, the founder of the first raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill, was born on this day in 1775• […]
The world’s first animated cartoon, “Humorous Phases of Funny Faces” by J. Stuart Blackton, was released on this day in 1906. Did you know that:• Isaac Hodgson was granted a patent for roller skates on this day in 1869• James […]
Dutch Admiral Jacob Roggeveen discovered Easter Island/Rapa Nui in the southeastern Pacific on this day in 1722. Did you know that:• Isaac Quintard patented apple cider on this day in 1806• Firestone Tire and Rubber Company started producing inflatable tires […]
