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…
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…
Paris Peace Accords ended U.S. military action in Vietnam, 1973
At the end of the Second World War, France reoccupied the territories known as French Indochina that had been captured by the Japanese. The French forces quickly came into conflict…
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…
Paris Peace Accords ended U.S. military action in Vietnam, 1973
At the end of the Second World War, France reoccupied the territories known as French Indochina that had been captured by the Japanese. The French forces quickly came into conflict…
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…
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-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…