Apr 18 2024
Jaromir Wagner was the first to fly to the Atlantic standing on the wing of a plane on this day in 1980. Did you know that: • Explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo discovered California, at San Diego Bay, named it San […]
George Stephenson’s “Locomotion No. 1” became the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England on this day in 1825. Did you know that: • The physics journal Annalen der […]
Lilly Singh (formerly known on YouTube as Superwoman) is a Canadian comedian, former talk show host, and YouTuber born on this day in 1988. Did you know that: • Joseph Proust was a French chemist born on this day in […]
The first transatlantic telephone cable went into operation on this day in 1956. Did you know that: • British physician Dr. Charles Drysdale warned against the use of tobacco in a letter to The Times newspaper on this day in […]
F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American novelist, essayist, short story, and screenwriter born on this day in 1896. Did you know that:• Henri Giffard, a French engineer, demonstrated the first engine-powered dirigible/airship flight with steam power on this day in […]
A twenty-one-year-old thief stole Jan Vermeer’s painting “The Love Letter” from The Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels on this day in 1971. Did you know that:• Richard Rhodes invented a hearing aid called the Audiphone on this day in 1879• […]
Thomas (Tom) Andrew Felton is an English actor and musician born on this day in 1987. He is best known for his role as Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter series based on the fantasy novels by J. K. Rowling. […]
Born on this day in 1947, Stephen King is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science fiction, and fantasy novels. Did you know that:• Louis Paul Cailletet, a French physicist and inventor who was the first to […]
Khabib Nurmagomedov is a Russian retired professional mixed martial artist born on this day in 1988. Did you know that:• George Simpson patented an electric range on this day in 1859• A patent was granted for “synthetic fiber” (nylon) to […]
German tourists discovered Ötzi the Iceman, a mummy from 3,300 BCE, in the Italian alps on this day in 1991. Did you know that:• Melville Bissell patented a carpet sweeper on this day in 1876• James Van Alen, who invented […]
GEMS Education launched the first-ever ‘plogging’ event in the UAE in partnership with DULSCO, as the first initiative to bring the GEMS Global Ambassadors together on a common mission earlier today. The GEMS Plogging Event aimed at bringing together 50 […]
