Apr 26 2024
Harvard researcher Howard Aiken built the world’s first program-controlled calculator on this day in 1944. It was popularly called the Harvard Mark I. Did you know that:• Possibly first performance of Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth was performed in the Great Hall […]
Born on this day in 1928, Andy Warhol was an American artist, film director, and producer who played a leading role in the visual art movement known as pop art. Did you know that:• HMS Roebuck, captained by William Dampier, […]
Harry Houdini stayed in a coffin underwater for an hour and thirty minutes before escaping on this day in 1926. Did you know that:• The spectrum of a comet was observed for the first time by Giovanni Donati on this […]
Barack Obama is an American politician who served as the forty-fourth President of the United States born on this day in 1961. Did you know that:• Russian Antarctic expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen returned to Kronshtadt after becoming […]
Christopher Columbus set sail on his first voyage with three ships, Santa María, Pinta and Niña from Palos de la Frontera, Spain for the “Indies” on this day in 1492. Did you know that:• The Street Car Controller was patented […]
Tower Subway, the world’s first underground tube railway, opened in London on this day in 1870. Did you know that:• English explorer Henry Hudson entered the bay later named after him, the Hudson Bay, on this day in 1610• Samuel […]
English chemist Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen by isolating it in its gaseous state on this day in 1774. Did you know that:• The first Michelin Guide was published by the brothers Édouard and André Michelin on this day in 1900 […]
Joanne Rowling, better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, philanthropist, film producer, television producer, and screenwriter born on this day in 1965. Did you know that:• Christopher Columbus discovered the island of Trinidad on […]
Born on this day in 1863, Henry Ford was an American industrialist, business magnate, and founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. Did you know that:• The City of Baghdad […]
The first test footage for Walt Disney’s “Steamboat Willie” with Mickey Mouse was created on this day in 1928. Did you know that:• The publication of “Fellowship of the Ring”, the first volume of “Lord of the Rings” by J. […]
Sir William James Herschel of the Indian Civil Service made the first use of fingerprints as a means of identification on this day in 1858. Did you know that:• A total solar eclipse was captured on a daguerreotype photograph on […]
