1500 Individual post In the year 1501, Copernicus is formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral (Jul 27), Arthur, Prince of Wales, marries the Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon (Nov 14), Amerigo Vespucci maps the two stars Alpha and Beta Centauri, Michelangelo returns to Florence to begin work on the statue David - and all these fine people were born: 1501-xxxx Anne Boleyn* Queen of England as the second wife of King Henry VIII/mother of the future Queen Elizabeth I - Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England (1536/30-35) YouTube 1501-0117Leonhart Fuchs* physician/botanist- Wemding, Bavaria (1566/65) 1501-0718 Isabella of Austria* Queen of Denmark/Sweden/Norway - Brussels, Belgium (1526/24) 1502 Individual post 1503 Individual post 1504 Individual post 1505 Individual post 1506 Individual post 1507 Individual Post Continue reading

1510 Individual post 1511 Individual post In the year 1512, (), (), Sten Sture the Younger is elected new Regent of Sweden (Jul 23), gypsies are mentioned for the tirst time in official Swedish records (Sep 29), the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti, is exhibited to the public for the first time (Nov 1), the Republic of Florence begins to be dismantled, and the Medici Family comes back into power. Continue reading

In the year 1830, Greece gains independence from the Ottoman Empire (Feb 3), the Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York (Mar 26), Joseph Smith and five others found the Church of Christ (Apr 6), the Indian Removal Act is passed, affecting the future domiciles of Native Americans (May 28), France invades Algeria (Jul 5), the Belgian Revolution begins (Aug 25), the independence of Belgium from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands is recognized by the Great Powers (Dec 20) - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

Did you know that earmuffs were actually invented by someone? Well, why not - everything that we have and use has first been thought of by someone, and then turned into a functional product. 15-year-old Chester Greenwood was ice skating one day in his hometown Farmington, Maine in the year 1873 when he had a thought of covering his ears with something warm and fluffy. It probably was a bit cold that day! Continue reading

In the year 1859, ground is broken for the Suez Canal in Egypt (Apr 25), A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is published in England (Apr 30), the British Crown Colony of Queensland in Australia is created (Jun 6), the chimes of Big Ben ring for the first time (Jul 11), Pennsylvania Oil Rush begins (Aug 27), Charles Darwin publishes _On the Origin of the Species _(Nov 24) - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

In the year 1856, Dallas, Texas is incorporated as a city (Feb 2), the discovery of mauveine, the first synthetic organic dye, leads eventually to the birth of the chemical industry (Mar), the Treaty of Paris ends the Crimean War (Mar 31), 500 Mormon handcart pioneers leave Iowa for Salt Lake City (Jun 9), the Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins (Oct 8), Gregor Mendel starts his research on genetics, proslavery forces and antislavery forces keep on clashing in the United States - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

In the year 1804, Haiti gains independence from France (Jan 1), New Jersey becomes the last of the northern United States to abolish slavery (Feb 15), Louisiana, purchased from France, is officially transferred to the United States (Mar 10), Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French at the age of 34 (May 18), a duel between U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton leaves the latter dead the next day (Jul 11), Napoleon crowns himself at Notre Dame in Paris (Dec 2), morphine is first isolated from the opium poppy, world population reaches 1 billion people - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

In the year 1858, Felix Mendelssohn’s Wedding March becomes a popular wedding recessional (Jan 25), the first aerial photography is carried out, from tethered balloon in France (Aug), after a summer of problems, a bill is passed to create a modern sewage system in London (Aug 2), Macy’s department store in New York City opens for business (Oct 28), the city of Denver, Colorado is founded (Nov 17), homosexuality is legalised in the Ottoman Empire - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

In the year 1853, the clothing company Levi Strauss is founded (Mar), the first passenger railway in India opens (Apr 16), the world’s first public aquarium opens, at the London Zoo (May), U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry arrives in Japan with a request for a trade treaty (Jul 8), potato chips are first prepared in New York, according to popular accounts (Aug 24), the Ottoman Empire begins war with Russia over Crimea (Oct 4), the United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest (Dec 30), the Swiss watch company Tissot is founded - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

****In the year 2000, the final daily original Peanuts comic strip is published(Jan 3), Playstation 2 is released in Japan (Mar 4), Pope John Paul II apologizes for the wrongdoings of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages (Mar 12), the American version of Survivor premiers on CBS (May 31), the Öresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark is officially opened for traffic (Jul 1), the Nintendo GameCube is revealed (Aug 24), Bofors is sold to United Defense (Sep 6), the last day of no human presence in space takes place (Oct 30) - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

In the year 1999, the Euro is established (Jan 1), the Mars Polar Lander is launched (Jan 3), Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the globe in a hot air balloon (Mar 21), China launches its first spacecraft (Nov 20), Tori Murden becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic by rowboat alone (Dec 3), 3rd millennium celebrations around the world take place, shadowed by the “Year 2000 problem” (Dec 31) - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

In the year 1998, 19 European nations agree to forbid human cloning (Jan 12), Titanic becomes the first film to gross 1 billion U.S. dollars (Mar 1), data sent from the Galileo probe indicates that Jupiter’s moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice (Mar 2), the Alashi Kaikyoo Bridge becomes world’s longest suspension bridge (Apr 5), Indonesia’s Suharto resigns after 32 years in power (May 21), **Google Inc. Continue reading

In the year 1993, Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Jan 1), Bill Clinton is sworn in as the 42nd U.S. president (Jan 20), the 51-day stand-off in Waco, Texas ends with a fire (Apr 19), the stabbing of Monica Seles in Hamburg leads later to more rigorous security at all tennis tournaments (Apr 30), Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia (May 24), Fermat’s Last Theorem is finally solved (Jun 24), Russian troops withdraw from Poland (Sep 17), the Maastricht Treaty formally establishes the European Union (Nov 1), Schindler’s List is released in theaters (Dec 15) - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

[caption id=“attachment_1648” align=“alignright” width=“372”]Alma-Marceau in Paris 2017[/caption] In the year 1997, the Phoenix lights - a series of UFOs - are seen by hundreds in Phoenix, Arizona (Mar 13), the first space burial takes place (Apr 21), Jeanne Calment, probably the oldest person ever, dies at age of 122 years and 164 days (Aug 4), Princess Diana is killed in a car accident in Paris, France (Aug 31), the death of Mother Teresa a few days later is shadowed by it (Sep 5), the Cassini-Huygens probe is launched to Saturn (Oct 15) - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

In the year 1995, Austria, Finland and Sweden enter the European Union (Jan 1), Finland wins her first ice hockey world championship in Stockholm, and Jacques Chirac becomes the president of France (May 7), Microsoft releases Windows 95 (Aug 24), the DVD is announced, and eBay is founded (Sep 4), O.J. Simpson is found not guilty in his murder trial (Oct 3), Pokémon media franchise is created by Satoshi Tajiri - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

[caption id=“attachment_2350” align=“alignright” width=“396”]Mountainous crater rim on Mars[/caption] In the year 1996, France undertakes its last nuclear weapons test (Jan 21), at the urging of Yasser Arafat, PLO drops its clause calling for the removal of Israel, and the Israeli government responds by dropping a similar clause about Palestine (Apr 24), the first cloned mammal - Dolly the sheep - is born in Scotland (Jul 5), data sent back by the Galileo space probe indicates there may be water on of Jupiter’s moons (Aug 13), NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor with the mission to map the planet (Nov 7), the Yugoslav Wars go on - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

In the year 1992, Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during WW2 (Jan 13), the U.S. and Russia promise not to target each other’s cities with nuclear weapons (Jan 26), and the Cold War is officially over (Feb 1), the Maastrict Treaty creates the European Union (Feb 7), white South Africans vote to in effect end the apartheid (Mar 18), Jay Leno succeeds Johnny Carson as the host of NBC’s Tonight Show (May 25), Lennart Meri becomes the first president of newly independent Estonia (Oct 6), Bill Clinton becomes the president elect (Nov 3), Yugoslavia is split into several independent states - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

[caption id=“attachment_2239” align=“alignright” width=“356”]Modern radio equipment[/caption] In the year 1910, the first public radio broadcast takes place, in New York City (Jan 13), William D. Boyce founds The Boy Scouts of America (Feb 8), slavery is made illegal in China (Mar 10), George V becomes King of the United Kingdom (May 6), the first commercial freight flight occurs, in Ohio (Nov 7), the last execution is carried out in Sweden, by guillotine (Nov 23), modern neon lighting is first demonstrated in Paris, France (Dec 3) - and all these fine people were born: 1919-0101 1919-0105 Hannu Leminen* screenwriter/ set designer/film director - Helsinki, Finland (1997/87) 1910-0109 Michel Aflaq* philosopher/ sociologist/Arab nationalist - Damascus, Ottoman Syria (1989/79) 1910-0119 Ray Jennison* Am. Continue reading

In the year 1909, United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War (Jan 28), the NAACP is founded, commemorating the 100th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s birth (Feb 12), **The Kellogg’s Company **is founded as Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company (Feb 19), William Howard Taft becomes the 27th U.S. President (Mar 4), work on the anti-aircraft gun commences (Jul 26), the Rosicrucian Fellowship is launched at Seattle, WA (Aug 8), the Montreal Canadiens is founded (Dec 4), the Manhattan Bridge opens (Dec 31) - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

In the year 1863, Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, making the abolition of slavery an official war goal of the American Civil War (Jan 1), the first section of the London Underground opens officially (Jan 10), Adam Opel founds Opel AG (Jan 21), the foundation for the International Red Cross are laid in Geneva (Feb 9), Alanson Crane patents a fire extinguisher (Feb 10), Battle of Gettysburg begins, the Union winning it (Jul 1), the New Zealand Wars against the Maori people resume (Jul 17), Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated on the final Thursday in November (Oct 3), Lincoln delivers his famous Gettysburg Address (Nov 19), Gerard Heineken buys the Haystack brewery in Amsterdam (Dec 15), linoleum is patented in the United Kingdom, and association football is played for the first time (Dec 19), the American Civil War goes on - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading