Apple Macintosh went on sale, 1984
In April 1976 Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne founded Apple to market their first personal computer, the Apple I, in kit form. A little after a year later…
London Corresponding Society founded, 1792
The parliamentary constituencies of eighteenth century Britain had a variety of ways of electing their Members of Parliament. The Westminster constituency in London was of the ‘Scot and Lot’ type…
Cullinan Diamond discovered, 1905
On 26th January 1905, Frederick Wells noticed something catching the light of the setting sun while making a routine inspection of the Premier Mine in the Transvaal Colony, South Africa…
Foundation of first permanent British colony in the Caribbean, 1624
In 1493, Christopher Columbus led the first European exploration of the islands located where the Caribbean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean. He named each of the islands of the Lesser…
First gasoline powered 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…
Idi Amin declared himself President of Uganda, 1971
In 1962, the United Kingdom granted Independence to Uganda. That same year, a former Lieutenant in the King’s Africa Rifles, Idi Amin Dada, became a captain in the newly formed…
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…