October 10, 1871 — The Great Chicago Fire is extinguished
The Great Chicago Fire was not, despite early reports, started by Catherine O’Leary’s cow kicking over a lantern – the...
September 9, 2020
Science & Technology
April 11, 1890 — Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, dies
Joseph Merrick (often incorrectly called John) was one of the most notoriously deformed human beings ever to live. Among other...
June 9, 2020
July 10, 1893 — Daniel Hale Williams performs the second successful pericardium surgery
Daniel Hale Williams was one of the first Afro-American men to achieve prominence as a surgeon. He served as the...
April 9, 2020
June 2, 1896 — Gugliemo Marconi applies to patent the radio
Although there has been considerable controversy over the years regarding who actually invented radio – controversy not helped by Marconi...
March 9, 2020
June 30, 1908 — The Tunguska Event
There has never been anything quite like it. On June 30, 1908, something – we still don’t know what –...
January 19, 2020
April 6, 1909 — Matthew Henson becomes the first explorer to reach the North Pole
The most trusted of Robert Peary’s fellow polar explorers, Henson was a member of Peary’s party when they became the...
January 10, 2020
March 29, 1912 — Scott of the Antarctic writes the final entry in his diary
It’s really not clear when exactly Robert Falcon Scott – better known as Scott of the Antarctic – actually died....
December 24, 2019
April 15, 1912 -– The RMS Titanic sinks on its maiden voyage
It is probably the best known maritime tragedy in history. The RMS Titanic, the largest passnger ship afloat and pride...
December 19, 2019
March 4, 1918 — The earliest confirmed case of the Influenza Pandemic is recorded
Albert Gitchell, an army cook assigned to Camp Funston in Kansas, United States, is generally held to be the earliest...
September 29, 2019
August 2, 1922 — Alexander Graham Bell dies
Alexander Graham Bell, best known as the inventor of the telephone, was 75 when he died, and still refused to...
August 19, 2019
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