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Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57
…ts. It wasn't a million volts, but it proved sufficient. The splitting of the atom was now a reality. /* event_date="14 April 1932" Cockcroft & Walton split the atom */ On the 14th April 1932 Cockcroft and Walton measured the total kinetic ener…
Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
…ns]]: [[CategoryScience]]: [[1900s]] Watson-Watt invented **RADAR** for the detection of enemy aircraft in 1935. Born April 13, 1892 in Brechin in Angus, [[Scotland]], he was a descendant of James Watt, the famous engineer and inventor of the …
…th a small 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 enoug…
Bob Hope — 2023-09-26 16:57:28
…m Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, and his Welsh mother, Avis Townes, was a light opera singer from Barry. They married in April 1891 and lived at 12 Greenwood Street, Barry Wales. Then moving to Bristol and London. {{Image url="BobHopeHome.jpg" …
Radio — 2023-09-23 15:56:24
…stem based on Hertzian waves (radio). Marconi gained a patent on the system in 1896. Marconi was born in Bologna on 25 April 1874, his **Irish** mother, Annie Jameson was the daughter of Andrew Jameson of Daphne Castle in County Wexford, [[Irel…
iPod — 2023-09-23 15:52:55
…nology]]:[[Music]]:[[1900s]] {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Kane.jpg" title="Kane Kramer" width="280" birth_date="April 23, 1956" birth_place="" death_date="now" death_place="" }} Mr Kramer b.1956 of Hitchin, [[Hertfordshire]], invented an…
Winston Churchill — 2023-08-27 16:11:42
…jpg" class="right" title="Winston Churchill" Birth_date="30 November 1874" Death_date="24 January 1965" Knighted="24 April 1953" width="" }} Winston Churchill is considered by many the **world's greatest leader** of the 20th century. {{toc}} …
Titanic — 2021-08-20 11:12:19
…en built and the largest steamship in the world. Titanic set sail from Southampton on her maiden voyage on Wednesday 10 April, 1912, calling at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown in southern Ireland before heading out across the Atlantic, on cou…
… for New York. It struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from [[Hampshire]] , [[England]], to New York City and sank on April 15, 1912. {{image url="Titanic-Hull.jpg" class="center" title="Titanic Hull to show her scale" width="650" }} >>{{amazo…
Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51
…London]]" death_date="25/12/1977" }} {{{toc}}} === Walworth London England 1889 === Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, (16 April **1889** – 25 December **1977**) he was born at **East Street, Walworth, in South [[London]]** [[England]] {{footnote…
IVF — 2021-08-16 10:02:09
…erbury" }}||{{Databox who="Robert Geoffrey Edwards" birth_date="27 September 1925" birth_place="Batley" death_date="10 April 2013" death_place="England" }}|| == In Vitro Fertilisation == ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[Medical]]:[[1900s]] === Steptoe…
DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12
…" event_date="25th July, 1920" }} at 5 Pembridge Place, Kensington, London, [[England]] and died of cancer on the 16th April,1958. {{Datetext text=" 'Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins', was born " event_date="15th December, 1916"}} in Pongara, …
…cancer on the 6th October, 2004. Born of Irish parents, {{Datetext text=" 'James Dewey Watson' was born " event_date="April 6, 1928" }} in Chicago, Illinois. {{Datetext text=" 'Francis Harry Compton Crick', was born on the " event_date="8th …
Automatic Kettle — 2021-08-14 20:44:42
…Image="Peter_Hobbs.jpg" Who="Peter Hobbs" width="250" birth_date="May 3 1916" birth_place="Wells Kent" death_date="11 April 2008" }} Peter Wallace Hobbs was born on May 3 1916 at Langton Green, near Tunbridge Wells [[Kent]], [[England]], and …
Modern Olympics — 2021-08-14 20:26:14
…ever the Shropshire doctor's dream was realised. The first revived Olympics were held in **Athens** during the month of April. Tragically, Brookes had died just 4 months earlier. {{image url="1948.jpg" title="1948 Olympics" class="left"}} …
Antiseptic — 2021-08-12 20:38:14
…Antiseptic :: {{Databox caption="Pioneer" Image="joseph-lister.jpg" Who="Joseph Lister" width="250" birth_date="5 April 1827" birth_place="West Ham" death_date="10 February 1912" death_place="" }} === Joseph Lister 1867 === ~-[[CategorySc…
…ience]]::[[Medical]]:[[1800s]] {{toc}} Joseph Lister 5 April 1827 – 10 February 1912 West Ham, [[Essex]], [[England]]. Lister was a British surgeon who pioneered **antiseptic su…
Procter Gamble — 2021-08-12 20:35:23
…]] Procter and Gamble met each other after emigrating to America. The two men opened their Procter & Gamble store on 12 April 1837. == William Procter == {{Image url="WilliamProcter.jpg" class="left" title="William Procter" width="200" }} Proc…
…c:: == James Gamble == {{Image url="JamesGamble.jpg" class="right" title="James Gamble" width="200" }} /* event_date="3 April 1803" James Gamble was born in Ireland */ Gamble was born 3rd April 1803 in Enniskillen, [[Ireland]]. He was educated…
Rubber — 2021-08-12 20:24:10
…eed for an effective waterproofing agent for coaches, drivers, and passengers drew Hancock's attention to rubber. In '''April 1820''' he patented India-rubber springs for various types of clothing such as gloves and '''suspenders'''. The Hancock…
Guillotine — 2021-08-09 22:22:29
…r petty theft. The Halifax Gibbet was used for the last time, for the execution of two criminals on a single day, on 30 April 1650. The first recorded use of what was known as the guillotine in France was in 1789. …
Zoo — 2021-08-09 22:18:40
… class="left" title="London zoo entrance" width="350" }} ::cl:: === Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1826 === /* event_date="April 27 1826" First zoo opens in London */ Opened April 27 **1826**, was initially called "Gardens and Menagerie of the Zo…
Jigsaw Puzzle — 2021-08-09 21:24:39
…Spilsbury created the jigsaw puzzle in 1766 as an educational tool for teaching geography. John Spilsbury (1739 – 3 April 1769) was a cartographer and engraver by profession. He served as an apprentice to Thomas Jefferys, the Royal Geograph…
Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46
…1891) == {{Image url="Robert_Forester_Mushet.jpg" class="right" width="200" }} Mushet was an English metallurgist, born April 8, 1811, in Coleford, [[Gloucestershire]]. He was the youngest son of Agnes Wilson and David Mushet, an ironmaster. Rob…
Sunday School — 2021-08-08 18:39:06
…ce="Gloucester" death_date="5/4/1811" death_place="" }} {{toc}} Robert Raikes ("the Younger") (14 September 1736 – 5 April 1811) was a philanthropist born in Gloucester [[England]] who promoted the concept of Sunday school free education. In …
Salicylic acid — 2021-08-08 18:32:13
…nd that this might be the intention of Providence here, I must own, had some little weight with me". == A Letter == On April 25, 1763, Reverend Stone wrote to George Parker, second earl of Macclesfield, and president of the **Royal Society** in…
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
…d an elastic rope to emulate and improve on a kind of urban vine jumping. The first modern bungee jump was made on '''1 April 1979''' from the 250ft Clifton Suspension Bridge in '''Bristol''', and was made by four members of the Dangerous Sports…
Shakespeare — 2020-08-21 08:52:48
…hakespeare :: {{Databox width="300" Image="shakespeare.jpg" class="right" title="William Shakespeare" birth_date="23 April 1564" Baptised="26 April 1564" death_date="23 April 1616"}} === William Shakespeare 1564 === ~-[[Arts]]:[[Literature]]:…
Eraser — 2020-08-18 10:06:20
…iting eraser, for an inventions competition. The invention was described by [[Carbonated_water| Joseph Priestley]] on April 15, 1770: "I have seen a substance excellently adapted to the purpose of wiping from paper the mark of black-lead-penci…
Safari Park — 2020-08-17 14:54:27
…stock]]:[[1900s]] Longleat in [[Wiltshire]] was the first drive-through safari park outside Africa. Opening on the 5th April 1966 486,500 people visited the lions of Longleat, in an estimated 106,000 cars and 1,950 coaches in the first year. …
Hydraulics — 2020-08-17 13:24:35
…Hydraulics :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JosephBramah.jpg" Who="Joseph Bramah" width="300" birth_date="13 April 1748" birth_place="Barnsley Yorkshire" death_date="9 December 1814" death_place="London" }} === Joseph Bramah 1795 ===…
Bungee Jumping — 2020-08-17 13:17:46
…lace="" death_date="now" death_place="" }} == Bungee Jumping 1979 == ~- [[CategorySport]]::[[1900s]] /* event_date="1 April 1979" First Bungee jump off Clifton bridge */ The world's first Bungee jump was made on **1st April 1979** (April Foo…
Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
… experimental engine at a factory in Rugby, Warwickshire. Power Jets completed the engine, which ran successfully on **April 12th, 1937**. The engine was pronounced "streets ahead" of any other advanced engine and managed to interest the Air Mi…
…'. This engine powered the Gloster E.28/39 for taxi testing when it took to the air for a short hop at Brockworth on '''April 7, 1941'''. == In Honour == There is now a monument to Sir Frank Whittle in the town of Gloucester. Not much of a lik…
Charles Darwin — 2020-08-06 07:52:58
…ge="Charles-Darwin.jpg" Who="Charles Darwin" width="" birth_date="12 Feb 1809" birth_place="Shrewsbury" death_date="19 April 1882" death_place="" }} ==Charles Robert Darwin== ~-[[CategoryScience]]::[[1800s]] Charles Darwin, born in Shrewsbury…
…of life have descended over time from common ancestors. === Origin of Species 1859 === Darwin ( 12 February 1809 –19 April 1882) published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book On the **Origin of Species** His the…

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