1. Glastonbury Festival — 2023-10-09 23:45:46

   …Festival :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="MichaelEavis.jpg" title="Michael Eavis" width="" birth_date="17 October 1935" birth_place="Pilton" death_date="now" death_place="" }} {{amazon type="menu" items="Rock Festival " }} == Glastonbury…
   … === Michael Eavis 1970 === Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis was born in Pilton, [[Somerset]] [[England]] on 17 October 1935. After his father died in 1954, Eavis inherited the family farm of 150 acres with 60 cows, so he became dairy farmer. …

2. Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36

   …lecting from the eyes of a cat. In 1934, he patented his invention (patent No. 436,290 and 457,536), and on **March 15, 1935**, founded Reflecting Roadstuds Limited in Halifax to manufacture the items. The name //Catseye// was their trademark. …

3. Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51

   …l party, including Edward George Bowen (born Swansea, [[Wales]]) to start further research at Orfordness. On** April 2, 1935** Watson-Watt was granted a patent for radar. By June they were detecting aircraft at 17 miles, which was enough to sto…

4. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35

   …, Christopher read Engineering at Peterhouse, Cambridge. After Cambridge he worked for the Radio Research company until 1935 and then for the Marconi Wireless Telegraph company from 1935 until 1951. {{Image url="PrototypeHovercraft.jpg" class…

5. Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38

   …arly 1933, and the first **stereo** discs were cut later the same year. His system for cinematic use was completed by 1935. Blumlein made short test films ( "Trains At Hayes Station", which lasts 5 minutes 11 seconds, and, "The Walking & Talk…

6. KitKat — 2022-05-03 17:00:51

   … src="Kitkat.jpg" class="right" width="350" title="Original wrapper" }} ~-[[CategoryFood Food]]:[[1900s]] === Rowntree 1935 === **Rowntree**'s chocolate covered wafer bar was first introduced in [[England]] in 1935 and was renamed #%KitKat#% i…
   … began life in [[Yorkshire]]. This product was developed as a four-finger wafer crisp, launched in London in September 1935 as **'Rowntree’s Chocolate Crisp**'. It was re-named two years later as KitKat Chocolate Crisp then shortened to jus…

7. Photography — 2021-08-14 19:57:18

   …printing**. {{Image src="Latticed_window_at_lacock_abbey_1835.jpg" class="left" title="First photograph - Lacock abbey 1935" width="200" }} == First Negative == Fox Talbot wanted to be able to reproduce the images he captured and searched fo…

8. Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08

   …llion pounds of powder a year. In 1945 British Horlicks company bought the American Horlicks out. == Worldwide == In 1935 a factory was built in Australia and in 1960 a factory was built in the Indian Punjab to make Horlicks from buffalo mil…

9. Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25

   …n 1933 and patented his jet engine plans in 1936.)// ---- == Patent problem == Whittle's jet engine patent lapsed in 1935, he could not afford the renewal fee of '''£5'''. Soon after this he was approached by two ex-RAF men, Rolf Dudley-Wil…
   …e many delays and the lack of funding slowed the project. In Germany, Hans von Ohain had started work on a prototype in 1935 and had passed the prototype stage and was building the first flyable design, the ""Heinkel HeS 3"". Whittle's efforts …

10. Emergency Telephone Number — 2017-07-06 10:16:06

    …em was introduced after a two year inquiry, following the deaths of five women in a fire at Wimpole Street in London in 1935. Neighbours were unable to dial 0 for the switchboard found it jammed with calls and could not alert anyone of the fire…

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