Apr 27 2024
The first recorded boxing match was engineered by Christopher Monck, the second Duke of Albemarle, between his butler and his butcher on this day in 1681. Did you know that:• Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrated their telegraph machine on […]
Otto Rudolf Martin Brendel took the first successful auroral photograph on this day in 1892. Did you know that:• King Camp Gillette, inventor of the best-selling safety razor, was born on this day in 1855• The “Strange Case of Dr […]
Born on this day in 1643, Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, physicist, and astronomer considered as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists of all time. Did you know that:• Wilhelm Beer, a German astronomer who made the first moon […]
The Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster introduced the first electric watch, The Hamilton Electric 500, on this day in 1957. Did you know that:• Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tested a flying machine on this day in 1496• Oleomargarine was patented […]
Simon and Schuster book publishing was founded on this day in 1938. Did you know that:• Rudolph Clausius, a German physicist known as one of the founders of thermodynamics, was born on this day in 1822• The first photo of the […]
New Year’s Day was celebrated for the first time in history as the Julian calendar took effect on this day in 45 B.C. Did you know that:• The “Daily Universal Register” (Times of London) published its first issue on this […]
On this day in 1853, a dinner party was held inside a life-sized model of an Iguanodon (ornithopod dinosaur), created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in South London. Did you know that:• Henri Matisse was a French […]
Asa Griggs Candler, an American business tycoon and politician who purchased the Coca-Cola recipe, was born on this day in 1851. Did you know that:• Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announced the existence of other galactic systems at meeting of the […]
Charles Macintosh, the inventor of waterproof fabric, was born on this day in 1776. Did you know that:• Thomas Dibdin’s pantomime “Harlequin and Mother Goose” opened at the Covent Garden Theatre, London on this day in 1806• The steam-powered threshing […]
Stan Lee was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer born on this day in 1922. Did you know that:• M. Jolly-Bellin discovered dry-cleaning on this day in 1849 when he accidentally spilt a lamp containing turpentine and […]
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 […]
