Interestingly, the majority of American universities could not afford to purchase UNIVAC. In total, only 46 of these computers were delivered to various institutions. Th...
The famous scientist Sir Isaac Newton died on this day. His work was so important for the development of physics and mathematics that he can certainly be considered one o...
On this day in Hitler’s Germany a pilot Hans Dieterle set an absolute world speed record for aircraft. He was able to reach a speed of 746,606 km/h in a Heinkel He-100 fi...
Italian physician Carlo Urbani died on this day in 2003. He was the first to identify SARS as a new and dangerous infectious disease. SARS is an abbreviation for Severe a...
Pallas was discovered at the time when Napoleon was at the peak of his power. The asteroid Pallas, one of the largest in the Solar System, was discovered on this date in...
On this day in 1968 Soviet astronaut (“cosmonaut”) Yuri Gagarin was killed in an accident. He was famous for being the first man launched into space (12 April 1961). Gaga...
On this day American Mary Mallon was placed in quarantine for life. She was, in fact, the first person in the U.S. who was found to carry dangerous disease typhoid, even...
Titan is larger than even the planet Mercury. Its surface area is 83 million square kilometers, approximately equal to the territory of Europe, Asia and Africa put togeth...
