Today in HistoryTHE eccentric young Austrian Friedrich Schmiedl failed in his attempt to launch a rocket from a balloon high over Graz ninety years ago, but he left his mark on the history of rocketry
Today in HistoryWHEN a small sloop made its way into Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, in 1898 it had to negotiate mines and a warship, but skipper Joshua Slocum and his boat Spray passed through into legend, as they completed the first solo circumnavigation of the globe 120 years ago today.
Today in HistoryWHEN Will Messerschmitt was forced to stop making Nazi planes at the end of World War II he turned to making quirky little three-wheeled cars.
Today in HistoryWHEN an a mother superior stumbled across the neglected headstone of a 17th century woman she did some research and found that Elena Piscopia had been the first woman to earn a doctorate
Today in HistoryWHEN Allied troops recovered Michelangelo’s priceless statue of the Madonna and Child from a Nazi cache in Austrian salt mines, an Australian art dealer was among those who first examined it
Today in HistoryWHEN the novel Im Westen Nichts Neues was first published in serial form in a magazine, the World War I story was an unexpected success. However, it would also bring trouble for its author Erich Maria Remarque
Today in HistoryOBITUARY: The 23 year old Melbourne golfer had tried to crack the British Open, coming runner up twice, but Peter Thomson finally scored his victory in 1954
Today in HistoryPEOPLE say that you shouldn’t try to reinvent the wheel, but that didn’t stop American engineer George Ferris from doing just that.
Today in HistoryMAJOR supermarkets are ending the era of the plastic bag, which means either a return to the past in the form of reusable bags and baskets or a leap into the online future
Today in HistoryTODAY is World Martini Day when we celebrate the classic cocktail loved by Hemingway, James Bond and Capt ‘Hawkeye’ Pierce.
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