May 16 2024
Microsoft was founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen on this day in 1975. Did you know that:• Linus Yale, an American portrait painter and inventor of the Yale cylinder lock, was born on this day in […]
David McIntyre and Sir Douglas Douglas-Hamilton made the first aeroplane flight over the summit of Mt. Everest on this day in 1933. Did you know that:• Jane Goodall is an English primatologist and anthropologist born on this day in 1934• […]
Walter Chrysler, the founder of the Chrysler Corporation, was born on this day in 1875. Did you know that:• Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author born on this day in 1805, best known for his literary fairy tales• H. […]
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer in the garage of Jobs’ parents’ house on this day in 1976. Did you know that:• William Harvey, an English physician who was the first to recognize the full circulation of blood, […]
Built for the Exposition Universelle, the Eiffel Tower officially opened in Paris on this day in 1889. Did you know that:• Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, German inventor of the Bunsen burner, was born on this day in 1811• Dugald Clerk, inventor […]
Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter born on this day in 1853. He is known as one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. Did you know that:• Hyman L. Lipman patented […]
The famous army of terra-cotta warriors was discovered in Xian, China on this day in 1974. Did you know that:• Niagara Falls stopped flowing for thirty hours due to an ice jam on this day in 1848• Ernst Jünger was […]
William Fleming was granted a patent for a player piano using an electro-mechanical mechanism on this day in 1899. Did you know that:• Nathaniel Briggs received a patent for a washing machine on this day in 1797• Maxim Gorky was […]
Harvey Kennedy patented the modern shoelace with an aglet on this day in 1790. Did you know that:• Joseph Couch patented the steam-powered percussion rock drill on this day in 1849• Abraham Gesner, a Canadian geologist, patented kerosene on this […]
Charles Jenkins patented a motion-picture projector machine called the ‘Phantoscope’ this day in 1895. Did you know that:• Nathaniel Bowditch, founder of modern maritime navigation, was born on this day in 1773• Robert Frost was an American poet born on […]
Gutzon Borglum was an American sculptor born on this day in 1867, best known for his work on Mount Rushmore. Did you know that:• Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, on this day in 1655• Édouard-Léon Scott […]
