First gasoline-driven automobile patented, 1886
The German engine designer and automobile engineer Karl Benz was born on 25th November 1844 in Karlsruhe, Baden, to Josephine Vaillant. A few months after he was born, his mother…
Battle of George Square, 1919
In the 1910s and 1920s the urban sprawl around Glasgow, including the towns Clydebank, Greenock, and Paisley were centres of working class radicalism. This era, known as ‘Red Clydeside’ involved…
First part of the Oxford English Dictionary published, 1884
On 1st February 1884 the Oxford University Press (OUP) published the first part of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles; Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by The Philological…
First banknotes issued in America, 1690
On 3rd February 1690, the Massachusetts Bay Colony legislature issued $40,000 worth of Bills of Credit. The British King authorised the Massachusetts General Court to issue these promissory notes to…
Disney`s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs released, 1938
In June 1934, Walt Disney announced the production of his studio’s first feature length animation: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Previously the Disney studio had released short films such…
BBC Radio first broadcast the Greenwich Time Signal, 1924
From its first broadcasts, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) included a time check before their evening news bulletins taking the form of the chimes of Big Ben being played originally…
New South Wales founded, 1788
In August 1770 the English mariner and explorer James Cook (then a lieutenant) took possession of the eastern coast of Australia in the name of King George III, naming it…
Appearance of the Devil`s Footrpints, 1855
On the night of 8th/9th February 1855, a series of mysterious footprints appeared in freshly fallen snow. The Times of February 16th reported the ‘Extraordinary Occurrence’ in the following article:…
Maiden flight of Boeing 747, 1969
With long-distance commercial air travel becoming more popular the President of Pan American World Airways (Pan Am), Juan Trippe, urged Boeing to build a much larger passenger aircraft to replace…
Treaty of Paris signed, 1763
In 1756, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria formed a new alliance with Russia and France in order to recover territories lost to Prussia during the War of Austrian Succession, particularly…