by David West | Dec 23, 2024 | News
I’ve posted about astronomy before, and here’s another one. On 23rd December 1690 John Flamsteed observed Uranus without realising that it he was the first to observe it. John Flamsteed (1646-1719) was an influential English astronomer, best known as the first...
by David West | Dec 22, 2024 | News
I have posted about inventors and inventions before. You may, like me, be sitting near a Christmas tree bedecked with baubles and a string or two of electric fairy lights. On the 22nd of December 1882 Thomas Edison created the first string of electric Christmas tree...
by David West | Dec 21, 2024 | News
On 21st December 1934 the French film Zouzou, starring Josephine Baker premiered in Paris. Josephine Baker was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture. I have posted about her before, focusing on her work as a spy during World War II. Zouzou is a...
by David West | Dec 20, 2024 | News
On 20th December 1192 Richard I was captured near Vienna by Leopold of Austria on his return from the Third Crusade. Richard I of England, known as Richard the Lionheart (1157–1199), is one of history’s most iconic monarchs. Born to King Henry II of England and...
by David West | Dec 19, 2024 | News
On 19th December 1686 Robinson Crusoe left his desert island after 28 years of being marooned, according to Daniel Defoe’s famous novel. Daniel Defoe (c. 1660 – April 24, 1731) was an English writer, journalist, businessman, and covert government agent, widely...
