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Born on this day in the year AD12 - Caligula (Gaius Caesar), Roman emperor (37-41 AD). A right nasty piece of work he turned out to be.
Born on this day in 1913 - Sir Bernard Lovell, founder of the Jodrell Bank radio telescope.
On this day in 1535 Pope Paul II excommunicated King Henry VIII. Hardly surprising, since our Henry had already told him where to stick the Vatican.
In 1887, Thomas Edison patented the Kinetoscope. Where would Hollywood be without it?
And on this day in 1688, John Bunyan, author of 'A Pilgrim's Progress' died.
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Also Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan declared independence from the USSR - guess who has a very weird desk calendar?
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guess who has a very weird desk calendar?
I don't know, but it sounds like you have a really awesome desk calendar.
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Born on this day in the year AD12 - Caligula (Gaius Caesar), Roman emperor (37-41 AD). A right nasty piece of work he turned out to be.
Born on this day in 1903 - Sir Bernard Lovell, founder of the Jodrell Bank radio telescope.
On this day in 1535 Pope Paul II excommunicated King Henry VIII. Hardly surprising, since our Henry had already told him where to stick the Vatican.
In 1887, Thomas Edison patented the Kinetoscope. Where would Hollywood be without it?
And on this day in 1688, John Bunyan, author of 'A Pilgrim's Progress' died.
A couple of thousand years later he made a nice film though !! [;D]
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Pinch and a punch the first day of the month - and no returns. From the mad desk calendar - it is a public holiday in Slovakia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and somewhere abbreviated as TRY. And no its not Turkey ...
It would also be rather fitting if Gaddafi is finally caught today - as 1st September is the anniversary of his cout d'etat in 1969
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1st. Sept
Born on this day in 1866 – James Corbett aka Gentleman Jim (Heavyweight Boxing champion 1892 – 97). Coincidentally, Rocky Marciano was born on this day in 1923.
Engelbert Humperdinck (No, not the ‘Last Waltz With You’ one Eee gods, that would not be a birthday to recall) I mean the original Engelbert Humperdinck, the German composer, was born on this day in 1854.
On this day, Pope Adrian IV, the only English Pope died in 1159
Louis XIV of France who once said “I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.” Died on this day in 1715.
The Great Fire of London began on this day in 1666.
Joseph Lister performed the first antiseptic surgery on this day in 1865.
On this day in 1939, Hitler’s troops invade Poland. WWII had begun.
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Mom was 12 then.........
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Sept 2
According to my Google calendar...this day last year I topped up my sons's mobile phone with £10. That was quite a day !
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It is friday - nothing else matters
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Born today in 1731 - Henry Cavendish (discovered Hydrogen)
Died today: Ralph Richardson 1983, Orson Welles 1985 (he lived to see 1984 didn't work out quite as he thought), Yul Brynner 1985 (Baldy Brynner, star of 'The King & I' & 'The Magnificent Seven' among others.
On this day in 1846, William Lassell discovered Neptune's moon 'Triton'.
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It is a partially observed bank holiday in the United States of America - Columbus Day
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On this day twenty eight years ago, I went to work. It took me about an hour to figure out why everyone was so unusually quiet.
(BTW, I see Thanksgiving falls on a Thursday again this year.)
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Born on this day in 1844, Henry John Heinz. He would discover 57 varieties!
Died this day in 1961 Leonard Marx (Chico)
On this day in 1733 an earthquake destroyed Calcutta and killed an estimated 300,000 people.
And on this day in 1521, Pope Leo X bestowed upon Henry VIII the title of 'Defender of the Faith'.
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and from the amazing desk calendar... have a nice day off if you are in the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia
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Born today in 1632, Christopher Wren
On this day in 1097 the first crusaders arrive in Antioch and in 1817, the first Mississippi show boat sets sail from Nashville.
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Born this day in 1854 - Hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom noted for his work in thermodynamics.
Also born today in 1936 - Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones)
Died today in 1601 in Prague - Tycho Brahe (Astronomer) & in 1991 Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek.
On this day in 1851 William Lassell discovered Ariel & Umbriel (Satellites of Uranus). The following day he was arrested for watching Uranus and told to try bird watching instead. Alas he misunderstood and was charged the next day for being a peeping Tom. OK, so I made that up.
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and from the amazing desk calendar... have a nice day off if you are in the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia
same as my last post - waste of valuable bank holidays to have two in such a short time
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Born this day in 1881 - Pablo Piccaso
Also the composers Johann Strauss (1825) and Georges Bizet (1838)
Died this day in 1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer and in 1993 Vincent Price.
On this day in 1854 the ill fated Charge of the Light Brigade took place at Balaklava.
In 1671 Giovanni Cassini discovered Iapetus, satellite of Saturn
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Born today in 1879, Leon Trotsky & in 1947 Hillary Clinton.
Died today in 899, Alfred the Great (King of Wessex)
In 1492 the first lead pencil is used.
In 1662 Charles II sold Dunkirk to France.
In 1861 the Pony Express runs for the last time & 20 years later in 1881 in Tombstone Arizona, Wyatt, Virgil & Morgan Earp together with Doc Holliday face down the 'cowboys' in a shoot out at the OK Corral.
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And Happy Holiday to the folks in Turkmenistan
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And Happy Holiday to the folks in Turkmenistan
Apparently, all our members in Turkmenistan are using proxy servers.
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Unfo our turkmenistani readers are probably too afraid to respond on such a liberal and dangerous site as this. Media freedom is the third worst in the world
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Born today in 1656, Edmund Halley
Born today in 1946, Peter Green (Greenbaum) in London (founder member of Fleetwood Mac)
Died today in 1618, Walter Raleigh (Cause of death - a severe case of lack of head) and in 1950, Gustav V, King of Sweden dies at the age of 92.
In `1904 the New York Subway opens.
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Born today in 1656, Edmund Halley
Wasn't he the bloke with the Comets? You're about three centuries off.
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Born today in 1656, Edmund Halley
Wasn't he the bloke with the Comets? You're about three centuries off.
Wrong comets Geezer;
Not these comets (plural)
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This comet (singular)
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But as it happens, I seem to have made a faux pas anyway, Edmund (or Edmond) was actually born on the 8th Nov 1656.
Died today, In the light of recent horrific revelations, I have removed mention of this most unsavory individual. He now ranks among the most despised and evil men ever to walk this Earth.
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But on a much happier note, I can report that your's truly is a Grandpa as of this morning!!!!
(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fbouncing%2F3.gif&hash=dc91163a51fe8e1b828cd72e5eb924cb)(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fbouncing%2F5.gif&hash=81a0f3368bf27ee925a25113a7c74f39)
Whares that ceeegarrrr (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fsmoking%2F3.gif&hash=bf171e63780408aec85a2d855def10da)(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fdrinking%2F1.gif&hash=43d699d9c6010eb4c6f6fc1ca9bc6658)
Unfortunately, I have to be in Frankfurt from tomorrow, for e few days. Typical!!!
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Congratulations! Is that the first?
Coincidentally, Mrs G went to visit our daughter in New Jersey who had a baby (on the Ides of March!). It started snowing there this morning, and it hasn't stopped yet [:D] - You better get on your bike and get to Frankfurt before it arrives there.
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Congrats Don
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Congratulations! Is that the first?
Coincidentally, Mrs G went to visit our daughter in New Jersey who had a baby (on the Ides of March!). It started snowing there this morning, and it hasn't stopped yet [:D] - You better get on your bike and get to Frankfurt before it arrives there.
Yep, its the first.
It was a balmy 19oC in Frankfurt yesterday!
Congrats Don
Thanks. Mother & baby doing well.
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On this day in 0079 Mt Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompei.
In 1800, John Adams, 2nd President of the US, becomes the first to reside in The White House. Later in the year he would be succeeded by Thomas Jefferson
On this day in 1985, Phil Silvers (Sgt Bilko) dies.
And born today in 1815, Crawford Williamson Long, first physician to administer ether anesthesia for surgery.
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YAYYYY !!...congrats to ewe and family Gramps !!
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Nov 3rd
Laika the Russian dog was launched into space on 3 November 1957 and became the first animal in space.
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On this day in 1922 a labourer working for Howard Carter stumbles on a sunken step which proves to be the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Richard Gatling patent's the Gatling Gun in 1862.
In 1529, Cardinal Wolsey is arrested.
In 0644, Urmar 1st (Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab) 2nd Khalif of Islam is murdered.
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On this day in 1922 a labourer working for Howard Carter stumbles on a sunken step which proves to be the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun.
There was a sign on the door that said "Toot, and come in".
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On this day in 1605, Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators had their plan to blow up parliament thwarted after Lord Monteagle received a tip off warning him to stay away from parleament.
COME BACK GUY, ALL IS FORGIVEN.
Where are all the assassins when you need them most?
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But on a much happier note, I can report that your's truly is a Grandpa as of this morning!!!!
(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fbouncing%2F3.gif&hash=dc91163a51fe8e1b828cd72e5eb924cb)(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fbouncing%2F5.gif&hash=81a0f3368bf27ee925a25113a7c74f39)
Whares that ceeegarrrr (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fsmoking%2F3.gif&hash=bf171e63780408aec85a2d855def10da)(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fdrinking%2F1.gif&hash=43d699d9c6010eb4c6f6fc1ca9bc6658)
Unfortunately, I have to be in Frankfurt from tomorrow, for e few days. Typical!!!
Congratulations Grandpapa...Is it a boy or girl or both...? How much does he or she weigh how long etc etc etc...Pictures dear Grandpa pictures!!! I Love whittle babies...Awwwwwww... HOW is Daddy doing? Thought I would ask, cause daddy is usually left out and that can be down right heart breaking... Dads are usually the ones who need comforting and calming.. hee hee hee.. Glad mom and baby are well too, of coarse!
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'tis a bonny wee lass, Karen. Mum, Dad & Baby are all doing just fine.
Doh!!! She is soooooooooooooo sweet (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fblushing%2F6.gif&hash=56c8aae08629f66a5c2acc36d6ea06c4)
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Oh.....I bet she is sweet....lol...you must be a great Dad Nd grandpapa...so cool..So i just found out about six weeks ago that I am finally gonna be a grandma on April 19ther abouts. On the dads, my sons birthday..would be cool to have Dad share his birthday with son or daughter...
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Your son girl...or your daughter had the baby
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Born today in 1656 - Edmund Halley (No connection to 'Rock Around the Clock!) and in 1848, Gottlob Frege (mathematician) and in 1922, Cristiaan Barnard (surgeon) - performed the first human heart transplant in 1967.
On this day in 1980, Voyager 1 reveals the 15th moon of Saturn.
In 1602 the Bodleian Library is established in Oxford.
In 1895 Wilhelm Röntgen discovers X-rays.
In 1889 Montana becomes the 41st state of the union.
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This is getting really scary! I can remember far too many of these "historical" events taking place.
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This is getting really scary! I can remember far too many of these "historical" events taking place.
Stone the crows!!! you remember Montana joining the Union?!?!?! Jeez Geeze, that's OLD. (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smileyvault.com%2Falbums%2Fstock%2Fsmiley-character0032.gif&hash=769c424e4a3b697c870a0a3f67df1a8e)
Born today in 1934, Carl Sagan
Died today in 1970, General Charles de Gaulle
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Born today in 1861, Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes, discovered Proxima Centauri in 1915.
And in 1918, German theoretical chemist, Ernst Otto Fischer.
In 1885, Gottlieb Daimler presents the world with the first motorcycle.
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Born today in 1602 - Otto von Guericke. Where would Mr Hoover have been without him?
In 1886 - Karl von Frisch and in 1889 - Edwin Powell Hubble.
Died today in 1954 - Clyde Vernon Cessna, he of the aviation world.
In 1906 Mr Rolls & Mr Royce form the Rolls Royce company and in 1923, Garrett Morgan patented the automatic traffic signal. He later sold the technology to GEC for $40k.
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Born on this day in 1694 - François Marie Arouet AKA Voltaire (translated & popularised the work of Issac Newton in France)
Died this day in 1970 - Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, he of the Raman Effect (http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=924&content_id=WPCP_007605&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=dee92a74-927e-4697-8654-3a6903ba28ab).
On this day in 1783, Jean François Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis Francois Laurant d'Arlandes became the first men to fly in a hot air balloon designed and built by Jacques Étienne Montgolfier and his brother Joseph-Michel.
Rozier later died in an attempt to cross the English Channel in a dual balloon, one filled with hydrogen, the other a hot air balloon, and so became not only one of the first men to fly, but also the first man to die in an air crash. Silly billy. By a strange coincidence, Rozier died on 15th June 1785, on that same date in 1919, Alcock & Browne successfully completed the first transatlantic flight.
And on this day in 1877, Thomas Edison announced the invention of the 'Talking Machine'. Where would Elvis and The Beatles have been without it?
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Slightly tangentially (not that I make a habit of it you understand), how many forum members have to look at Don's post today for there to be a greater than a 50/50 chance that two of them have the same birthday?
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My most humble apologies folks, I seem to have posted wrong here.
I thought it was 23rd. today! As if time doesn't fly by fast enough as it is!!!
On this day in 1977 (22nd that is} Concorde began a regular service to New York, almost 2 years after the services between London & Paris to Bahrain, Rio & Washington DC. Flight time to New York was around 3.5hrs
You may get a feeling of deja vu tomorrow!
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Once again, my most humble apologies for posting this yesterday. I seem to have my calender in a bit of a tis-was.
Born on this day in 1887 – Boris Karloff and a year later in 1888 (my maths is improving), the great Adolph Marx (Harpo).
Also born today in New York in 1859, William Henry McCarty aka Billy the Kid.
Died today in 1990 – Roald Dahl
In 1897 John Lee Love patent’s his new invention, the pencil sharpener.
And on this day in 1963, one of the world’s most famous scientist’s was presented to us with the first broadcast by the BBC of Dr. Who, originally played by William Hartnell. In the second serial, broadcast in December the same year, we were presented with one of the all-time greatest bunch of villians.......
The Daleks. (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frailbastard.freeforums.org%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fdalek.gif&hash=a1245914cdc20a015502c79a67dd4547)
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Published on this day in 1859, Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.” Later publications were shortened to The Origin of Species.
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As Darwin suspected, he was ridiculed by the press for his suggestion that man had evolved from apes.
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Sketches of Galapagos Finches which would figure greatly in Darwin's theory.
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Lonesome George
Pinta Island Galapagos Giant Tortoise. Another evolutionary hint to Darwin.
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Marine Iguana, unique to the Galapagos.
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Born this day in 1884 - Karl Friedrich Benz.
And In 1887 - Nikolay Ivanovich Vavilov (Никола́й Ива́нович Вави́лов).
On this day in 1867 Alfred Nobel patents dynamite. But did he get a prize for it?
In 1952 ‘The Mousetrap’ by Agatha Christie premier’s in London and has been running ever since.
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Something for the weekend sir?
In 1698 the Eddystone Lighthouse was lit after 2 years construction. London merchant Henry Winstanley commissioned the lighthouse after he had lost two ships on the Eddystone reef 14 miles south of the southwest English port of Plymouth. The reef had claimed many other ships. Constructed of wood, after modification and structural strengthening, Winstanley had such confidence in his lighthouse, he expressed his desire to be in the lighthouse during ‘the greatest storm there ever was’.
On this day in 1703, Winstanley’s wish came true. As he slept in his lighthouse during ‘The Great Storm’, he was killed and the lighthouse totally destroyed. It is estimated that some 8,000 to 10,000 souls were lost, the Royal Navy lost 13 ships and over 40 merchant vessels were lost in The Great Storm of 1703, which lasted around 10 days with winds up to 120 mph.
The weekend moral of this story is to be careful what you wish for, it may come to pass.
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In 1698 the Eddystone Lighthouse was lit after 2 years construction.
He was killed and the lighthouse totally destroyed
Hence the expression;
"People who live in lighthouses shouldn't get stoned."
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Born today in 1628, John Bunyan (A Pilgrims Progress) and in 1757, William Blake, poet, artist and all-round arty type who’s poem ‘And did those feet in ancient time’ would be set to Music by Sir Hubert Parry to become ‘Jerusalem’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time).
Born today in 1920, John Wesley Hyatt. Pioneer of the plastics industry and all round clever clogs who invented celluloid and during his lifetime patented over 200 products. Where would Hollywood be without him?
On this day in 1499, Edward Plantagenet (17th Earl of Warwick & heir to the throne of England) lost his head, literally. He was beheaded.
On this day in 1520, Ferdinand Magellan set sail to cross the Pacific Ocean.
A meeting of scientists in London in 1660 forms what will become The Royal Society.
Priest & mathematician William Whiston (1667 – 1752) tried to bring harmony to religion and science. He suggested that on this day in 2349 BC a passing comet caused The Great Flood.
Hmmmm….. So let’s get this straight, Noah didn’t have a direct line to God, he was an astronomer who had invented a telescope 4000 years before Galileo through which he saw this comet coming in plenty of time to build The Ark….. Right!!!
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Born today in 1803, Christian Andreas Doppler, the Austrian physicist who had quite an effect. And in 1849, Fleming (no, not that Fleming) Sir John Ambrose Fleming, inventor of the diode.
Died today in 1530, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Also died today in 1852, Countess of Lovelace Augusta Ada King, said to have been the original computer programmer.
In 1945 a Sikorsky R5 is the first helicopter to perform a rescue using a winch.
On this day in 1961, Enos, a five-year-old chimpanzee, becomes the first animal to be launched into space by the USA.
In 1962, British Aircraft Corporation and Sud Aviation of France agree to co-produce Concorde
In 1775, Sir James Jay (brother of John Jay, one of the founding fathers of the US) invents invisible ink. Where would 007 James Bond be without it?
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Born this day in 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
Born this day in 1899, Andrew Jackson Moyer – Developed a process for the mass production of penicillin.
Died today in 1761, John Dollond – developed and patented the achromatic telescope.
On this day in 1609, Galileo Galilei makes the first detailed drawing of the Moon’s surface from his observations with his telescope.
In 1936, The Crystal Palace, London, is destroyed by fire.
And on this day In 1954, in Sylacauga, Alabama, a 4kg fragment of a meteorite smashes through the roof of a house and injures Ann Hodges.
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Born today in 1671, Francesco Stradivari. Coincidentally, on this day in 1997, Stephane Grappelli dies. (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smileyvault.com%2Falbums%2Fmisc%2Fsmiley-vault-misc-080.gif&hash=75e877e07dec125fc20ebc92f883039d) (http://www.smileyvault.com/)
Born today in 1743, Martin Heinrich Klaproth – Discovered Uranium, Zirconium & Cerium.
On this day in 1913, the Ford Motor Co. introduces the worlds first continuous moving assembly line.
On this day in 1987 work began in Britain and France on the Channel Tunnel. On the same day 3 years later in 1990, British construction worker Graham Fagg and French construction worker Philippe Cozette broke through the final piece of rock to shake hands in the middle.
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........ and for those of you of the Christian persuasion, today you may open the first door of your advent calender and eat the (usually) 3rd rate morsel of chocolate within. Will it be a star, a tree, a Robin, Santa, a snowman, an angel.....?
Incidentally, earlier this year, I found what I believed to be the mass grave of last year's snowmen.
On further investigation, it turned out to be a carrot farm.(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sherv.net%2Fcm%2Femo%2Fchristmas%2Fsnowman-4.gif&hash=2e2efb7ffaf40daead656f6650bb7938) (http://www.sherv.net/snowman-emoticon-361.html)
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Born today in 1906, Peter Carl Goldmark – developed the first colour TV and the 331/3 speed LP
Died today in 1814, Donatien Alphonse François, better known simply by his title, The Marquis de Sade. And in 1982, google eyed comic Marty Feldman dies at the age of 49.
On this day in 1697, Wren’s new St Paul’s Cathedral open.
In 1877, Louis-Paul Cailletet liquefies oxygen.
In 1942, the first self-sustained nuclear chain reaction is demonstrated at the University of Chicago.
Today you may open the second door of your advent calendar. By the 10th. there will be an argument over who’s turn it is to open the next door and have the chocy treat. Ah! A good old family squabble. By the time the argument has been resolved, you discover that little Johnny has already opened all the doors, scoffed the chocolate and been sick on the lounge carpet. You may now consider Christmas to have begun.
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British construction worker Graham Fagg and French construction worker Philippe Cozette broke through the final piece of rock to shake hands in the middle.
If it had been Philippe Gauloises it would have been an amazing coincidence.
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British construction worker Graham Fagg and French construction worker Philippe Cozette broke through the final piece of rock to shake hands in the middle.
If it had been Philippe Gauloises it would have been an amazing coincidence.
(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freesmileys.org%2Fsmileys%2Fsmiley-laughing021.gif&hash=44605df69e1507c3ed4d235c15c22e92) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php) They could have rode off together into the sunset on the back of a camel.
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(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freesmileys.org%2Fsmileys%2Fsmiley-laughing021.gif&hash=44605df69e1507c3ed4d235c15c22e92) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php) They could have rode off together into the sunset on the back of a camel.
Yes, but they should never forget "It's the tobacco that counts." (Now that is a really old one.)
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... earlier this year, I found what I believed to be the mass grave of last year's snowmen. On further investigation, it turned out to be a carrot farm.
The lack of coins and teaspoons should have given that away ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-11908583
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Born today in 1795, Sir Rowland Hill, conceived and developed the Penny postal system.
Died today in 1888 – Carl Zeiss
On this day in 1818, Illinois becomes the 21st. state of the Union.
In 1931, Alka Seltzer goes on sale. Where would hang-overs be without them. Just in time for Xmas overindulgence.
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Born this day in 1816, Benjamin Silliman Jr. Where would BP be today without him? Possibly not contaminating the Gulf of Mexico.
Born on this day in 1858, Chester Greenwood, inventor of earmuffs. Pardon, you’ll have to speak up!
Hershey – No, not Milton, Alfred Day Hershey, born this day in 1908
Died today in 1131, Omar Khayyam
Died today in 1850, William Sturgeon. He must have had a magnetic personality.
Died today in 1952, Karen Horney. No, that was her name, not her description. As a psychoanalyst who broke with Freud’s ideas on
nature Vs nurture,you’d have thought she would have had the presence of mind to marry someone
named Smith, Brown or Jones.
On this day in 1819, Sir William Congreve, inventor of military rockets, patented his triple paper which incorporated a watermark.
Today in 1894, George Parker patented the first successful fountain pen. One which didn’t leak in the pocket.
Who among us hasn't used a Parker Pen? (other writting implements are available).
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Born this day in 1742, Nicolas Leblanc
Born this day in 1835, Rudolf, no, not the one with a red nose, Wilhelm Rudolf Fittig, the German chemist.
And in 1835, Libbie Henrietta Hyman. You couldn’t describe her as being ‘spineless’.
Died today in 1882, Anthony Trollope, I bet he wrote some old trollope. He also introduced the familiar red pillar box. (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fc%2Fc2%2FPrince_Edward_Rd.jpg%2F68px-Prince_Edward_Rd.jpg&hash=bca106ec54f48bb149b1035df26f4957)
Died today in 1892, Werner von Siemens (other electrical appliances are available)
Died today in 1893, Rudolf, no, still not the one with the red nose, or the German chemist, Johann Rudolf Wolf, Swiss astronomer.
On this day in 1877, Thomas Alva Edison releases his first hit single, ‘Mary had a little lamb’. Fortunately he had had the presence of mind to invent the phonograph to play it on.
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Born today in 1879, Charles Lavelle Broley. No he didn’t invent the umbrella. Ornithologist who linked DDT to the decline in the number of raptors.
Born today in 1761, Marie Grosholtz Tussaud (Madame Tussaud).
And born today in 1905, Gerard Peter Kuiper. Discovered Miranda (moon of Uranus) and Nereid (moon of Neptune).
Died today in 1254, Pope Innocent IV. Tried to persuade the Mongols to find an alternative pastime to slaughtering Christians.
Died today in 1817, Vice Admiral William Bligh FRS RN. He of the mutiny on the Bounty.
On this day in 1872 the corvette HMS Challenger set sail on the first world scientific voyage.
On this day in 1888 a veterinary surgeon patented the pneumatic tyre. 2 years later the patent was declared invalid as fellow Scott Robert William Thomas had already patented the idea in France in 1846 and in the USA in 1847. The vet’s name was John Boyd Dunlop.
And in 1909 Leo Hendrik Baekeland patent’s Bakelite.
Also today in 1787, Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the constitution.
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Born on this day in 1730, Jan Ingenhousz. Following on from the work of Jan Baptista Van Helmont in 1649 and Joseph Preistly in the 1770’s, Ingenhousz, researching the remedial properties of plants, discovered the process of photosynthesis.
Sharing Ingenhousz’s birth date in 1730, Johann Hedwig, he didn’t let the moss grow under his feet.
Died on this day in 1983, Louis Burton Lindley, Jr. better known as the actor Slim Pickens. (Blazing Saddles, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Dr Strangelove and many more).
On this day in 1941, the USA and Britain (already at war against Germany & Italy) formally declare war against Japan following the attack on Pear Harbour. 3 days later, the USA formally declares war against Germany.
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On the 8th of December 1980, outside his apartment block in New York, John Winston Lennon is murdered.
He was pronounced dead on arrival at Roosevelt Hospital at 11.07PM 12/8/1980 (UK = 04.07AM 9th December 1980).
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Born on this day in 1886, Clarence Birdseye, Where would the freezer be today without him? Empty!
Born on this day in 1742, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, discovered oxygen in 1772 but delayed publication of his book, resulted in Priestly being attributed with this discovery in 1774. Scheele also discovered chlorine, manganese and tungsten.
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Sir Bernard Lovell is not quite as old as you make out, he was born in 1913.
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Sir Bernard Lovell is not quite as old as you make out, he was born in 1913.
Indeed he was. I have corrected my typo. Thanks syhprum.
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16th December.
Born this day in 1770, Ludwig von Beethoven
Born this day in 1899, Noël Peirce Coward
Died today in 1859, Wilhelm Carl Grimm, the younger of the brothers.
Died on or around 15th / 16th December 1944, Glenn Miller (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJE-onnw2gM)
On this day in 1631 Mt Vesuvius erupts, claiming some 4000 souls in 6 villages.
On this day in 1653, Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
On this day in 1773, they had a tea party in Boston, in the British colony of Massachusetts.
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Born this day in 1805, Thomas Graham, 'father of colloid chemistry'.
Born on this day in 1868, Harvey Samuel Firestone, we never tyre of his development.
Born today in 1901, Robert Jemison Van de Graaff, he generated some interest.
Died this day in 1921, Richard Julius Petri. He was no chef, but we still enjoy his dish today.
Died on this day in 1996, Carl Edward Sagan, astronomer and all round clever cloggs.
On this day in 1920, William Henry Hope becomes a US citizen, thus his son, born in Eltham, SE London, Leslie Townes Hope, also becomes a US citizen. He will become better known as Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, KSS and in 1996, US Congress declared him the ‘first and only honorary veteran of the U.S. armed forces.’
On this day in 1951, the first nuclear generated electricity was produced by EBR-1 in Idaho, USA.
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On this day in 1951, the first nuclear generated electricity was produced by EBR-1 in Idaho, USA.
Which explains why there are so many strange people living here.
BTW, shouldn't that be "nukeular"?
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BTW, shouldn't that be "nukeular"?
I don't think so....... LOOK OUT!!!
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Sorry I didn't get to post this one on the appropriate day, but better late than never:-
January 8th.
Born on this day in 1942, Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA
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Happy 70th birthday.
I wonder how many cards he got? 203
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Born this day in 1888, Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith. I bet Snoopy would give him the hump.
In 1911 Lt. Eugene Burton Ely made the first aircraft landing on a ship, the U.S.S. Pennsylvania in San Francisco Harbour.
And on this day in 1896, the first X-Ray machine is exhibited in New York.
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Born this day in 1832, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, photographer and mathematician. Of the books he wrote on mathematics, only one (Euclid and his modern rivals - 1879) was of any consequence. However, he had somewhat better luck with a fantasy novel written under his pen name, 'Lewis Carroll'.
On this day in 1926 in London, John Logie Baird gives the first public demonstration of his television.
And on this day in 1888, the National Geographic Society was established in Washington.
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How remiss of me to forget this one for yesterday.
Born 7th February 1812 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Charles John Huffam Dickens. Author, philanthropist and father to 10 children.
Bleak House, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop, Little Dorrit and A Christmas Carol are among his many works, which are still popular and in print to this day.
Some of the characters from his novels are among the best known fictional characters of all time, such as Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit, Oliver Twist, The Artful Dodger, Fagin, Bill Sikes, Miss Havisham, David Copperfield, Mr. Micawber, Daniel Quilp, Samuel Pickwick, Wackford Squeers and Uriah Heep.
Dickens supported Urania Cottage, a home and school for ‘fallen women’ and Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital and many of his novels were a political criticism in support of the poor and oppressed. He fiercely opposed Victorian inequality and has probably turned in his grave a million times due to today’s worsening wealth distribution.
His name was given to the term ‘Dickensian’, meaning to resemble conditions described in Dickens novels, squalid, poverty-stricken, Victorian, grotesquely comic.
Dickens died at his home, Gads Hill Place, in Higham, Rochester, Kent on 9th June 1870 leaving his final work ‘Edwin Drood’ unfinished with only 6 of the planned 12 monthly serials completed. Contrary to his wish to be buried in an unostentatious manner and grave, he was buried in Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey.
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Born this day in 1777, Bernard Courtois. The scourge of every schoolboy’s grazed knee.
Born this day in 1834, Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev. Where would chemicals be without his Periodic Table?
Born this day in 1868, Lionel Walter Rothschild, zoologist and founder of the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum. A Rothschild who turned his back on the family banking business.
And on this day in 1865 Gregor Johann Mendel presents his first scientific paper to the Brünn Society.
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On this day in 1580, Francis Drake returned to Portsmouth after circumnavigating the globe and plundering the odd Spanish ship or two en route.
Well, you gotta make a few bob, haven't you.
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Published on this day in 1859, Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.” Later publications were shortened to The Origin of Species.
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As Darwin suspected, he was ridiculed by the press for his suggestion that man had evolved from apes.
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Sketches of Galapagos Finches which would figure greatly in Darwin's theory.
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Pinta Island Galapagos Giant Tortoise. Another evolutionary hint to Darwin.
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Marine Iguana, unique to the Galapagos.
WHAT IS THAT DARK PARTIAL PLATFORM PROTRUDING FROM UNDER THE TURTLES
NECK? IS THAT A PORTION OF HIS UNDERSIDE SHELL OR WHAT? I HAVE NEVER
NOTICED THAT BEFORE ON A TURTLE!
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Yes, Karen, its part of the plastron (underside of the shell).
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Quality guess then eh? The big dude looks like he could use all the neck support he could get! Lol...
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I could not possibly let today go by without a mention of the man who promoted hygiene in the toilet department.
Yes folks, Thomas Crapper. Born, perhaps appropriately, in Waterside, Yorkshire, his exact date of birth is unknown, but on this day in 1836 he was baptised.
Contrary to popular belief, he did not invent the flushing toilet, but he is attributed with promoting the use of said item.
He founded Thomas Crapper & Co in 1861. The company received 4 Royal Warrants. Presumably, they enjoyed sitting on the throne!
As for that word, ahem…… ‘Crap’, this was said to have been taken from Crapper’s name. But this too is a popular misconception. In fact the word dates back to the old English language and meant ‘rubbish’. By the 16th century the word was no longer in use. The word was taken to the new world by English settlers but was considered a vulgar term. In 1917, American troops stationed in London were amused to see Crapper’s name on WC’s. The word ‘crapper’ was then taken back to the US and became a popular slang term for the WC.
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October 4th.
This day in 1947 saw the passing of the man responsible for the Quantum Theory, German theoretical physicist Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, was born 23rd April 1858 in Kiel and received a Nobel Prize for physics in 1918.
He is quoted as saying, “Eine neue wissenschaftliche Wahrheit pflegt sich nicht in der Weise durchzusetzen, daß ihre Gegner überzeugt werden und sich als belehrt erklären, sondern vielmehr dadurch, daß ihre Gegner allmählich aussterben und daß die heranwachsende Generation von vornherein mit der Wahrheit vertraut gemacht ist.”
For the benefit of those who nicht spreken de Deutsch, that translates to, “A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.”
On this day in 1958, BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) inaugurated the first transatlantic passenger jet liner service with two jets flying each way between London & New York. The DeHavilland Comet 4 used by BOAC reduced the usual propeller aircraft crossing time from 14hrs to just 6hrs 11mins.
And on this day in 1957, the Soviet Union launched “Sputnik”. Having been first off the blocks in the space race, the Soviet Union would continue to upstage the US with the first dog in space (Laika), the first man in space (Yuri Gagarin) and first space walk (Alexey Leonov), until the launch of Apollo 11 in 1969. Commander of the mission, the late Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the Moon followed by Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin. Michael Collins remained in the Command Module.
Sputnik remained in low Earth orbit for 3 months, burning up as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4th January 1958.
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October 10
UK
1957 United Kingdom World's First Nuclear Accident Windscale
10th October, 1957 : Part of the radioactive core at pile 1 at Windscale Nuclear Plant in West Cumbria used to make to make weapons-grade plutonium was on fire and as there had never been a similar experience it was a best guess as to how to distinguish the fire, but a combination of water pumped in to the reactor and turning off the air supply to the reactor worked. The combination of a lack of oxygen and gallons of water did the trick and the fire was eventually put out. The fire caused the release of substantial amounts of radioactive contamination into the surrounding area and the event, known as the Windscale fire, was the world's worst reactor accident until the Three Mile Island accident in 1979.
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Born on this day in 1632, Sir Christopher Wren, arcitect of St Pauls Cathederal and the city of London following the Great Fire of 1666. And in 1891, Sir James Chadwick, who discovered the neutron.
Died on this day in 1956, Lawernce Dale Bell, aircraft designer and founder of the the Bell Aircraft Co. The Bell X-1 was, in 1947, the first aircraft to break the sound barrier in level flight.
Also on this day in 1994, Hollywood icon Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry) dies at the age of 80 of a heart attack.
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Born today in 1656, Edmund Halley
Wasn't he the bloke with the Comets? You're about three centuries off.
Wrong comets Geezer;
Not these comets (plural)
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This comet (singular)
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But as it happens, I seem to have made a faux pas anyway, Edmund (or Edmond) was actually born on the 8th Nov 1656.
Just to add, Sir Jimmy Saville, he of the shell suit, cigar and 'now then, now then', not to mention 'clunk-click' and the OTT jewellery has died today.
Geezer gets part credit: didn't Bill Halley and The Comets record the smash - perhaps first-ever rock and roll hit , "ROCKet Around The Clock"!!!
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On this day in 1863 London's Metropolitan Line became the first underground railway to open to the public.
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On this day in 2005, the ESA space probe Huygens landed on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Huygens was named after the Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens, who discovered Titan on 25th Mar 1655.
Read more at the ESA (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Cassini-Huygens) site.
Born this day in 1892, Hal Roach, the director who made the film 'One Million BC' in 1940. The film was remade in 1966 as 'One Million Years BC'. A somewhat chronological disaster, the film puts cavemen a tad too early (around 950,000 years too early) and being menaced by dinosaurs which are tad too late (around 64 million years too late). But nobody cared a fig about these errors, we just wanted to see Raquel Welch prancing around in a couple of bits of animal skin.
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PHOOARRRRRR!!!
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Opened on this day in 1759 in Bloomsbury, London, The British Museum, the world's public museum.
On this day in 1797, John Etherington, a London haberdasher, wears his new creation the Top Hat. The ensuing crowd disturbance results in him being fined for going about in a maner 'calculated to frighten timid people'.
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On this day in 871, the Battle of Basing took place in the kingdom of Wessex. Though the Danes were the victors, like many other battles between them and the Saxons, this one was indecisive. Two months later at the Battle of Marton, the Saxons, under the leadership of King Æþelræd (Ethelred) were the victors. The following April, Æþelræd died and was succeeded by Alfred The Great.
Born this day in 1561 - Sir Francis Bacon inventor of the full English breakfast. Well he wasn't born a knight, so I suppose he was just plain Frank Bacon at first. Known for his promotion of scientific method, the philosopher once said '...neither is it possible to discover the more remote and deeper parts of any science, if you stand but upon the level of the same science, and ascend not to a higher science. .
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On this day in 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth as he flew aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule.
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On this day in 1940, Winston Spencer Churchill became British Prime Minister.
He told the country...."I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.”
Don't you wish all politicians could be so honest?