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  1. Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
    … Scientific Advisor on Telecommunications (SAT) to the Air Ministry. In 1940, Watson-Watt, assisted by John Randall and Henry Boot of Birmingham University, invented the cavity magnetron. This produced a compact source of short-wave radio waves …
  2. Bob Hope — 2023-09-26 16:57:28
    …ltham, a suburb of South [[London]],** [[England]]**, on 29 May 1903. === London England 1903 === His father William Henry Hope was English and a stonemason from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, and his Welsh mother, Avis Townes, was a light oper…
  3. Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46
    …n="1837" class="right" }} ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] John Wheeley Lea (1791-1874) & William Henry Perrins (1793-1867), two [[Worcestershire]] chemists, were asked by **Lord Marcus Sandys**, the former governor to **B…
    …aiters to serve it. Customers could purchase a bottle of this tasty delight to take home with them! {{Image url="WilliamHenryPerrins.jpg" class="right" title="William Henry Perrins" width="" }} In **1839** Worcestershire Sauce was introduced in…
  4. Fingerprints — 2021-08-14 20:06:49
    …1858. {{image url="herschel_prints.jpg" class="left" title="Sir William Herschel finger prints" width="300" }}::c:: == Henry Faulds in Japan == {{image url="Dr_henry_faulds.jpg" class="left" title="Dr. Henry Faulds" width="" }} In 1880, Dr. Hen…
    …s. ::c:: == Dactyloscopy in the Raj == A Fingerprint Bureau was established in Calcutta (Kolkata), India, in 1897. The 'Henry Classification System', co-devised by Haque and Bose ( working under their supervisor, Sir Edward Richard Henry), was a…
  5. Photography — 2021-08-14 19:57:18
    …Photography :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="William-Henry-Fox-Talbot.jpg" width="" title="William Henry Fox Talbot" birth_date="11 February 1800" birth_place="Melbury, Dorset" death_date="17 September 1877" death_place=""…
    … }} === Henry Fox Talbot 1835 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[Society]]:[[1800s]] {{TOC}} William Henry Fox Talbot (11 February 1800 – 17 September 1877) took the first **reproducible photograph** in 1835. He was born in…
  6. Christmas Cracker — 2021-08-12 20:39:19
    …erkenwell, East [[London]], [[England]] to Finsbury Square in the City. Tom left his business to his three sons: Tom, Henry and Walter. In 1953 the firm merged with Caley Crackers and moved out to Norwich.…
  7. Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
    …Steel :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="HenryBessemer.jpg" Who="Henry Bessemer" width="" birth_date="19 Jan 1813" birth_place="Charlton, [[Hertfordshire]]" death_date="15 Mar 1898" death_…
    …place="London" }} == Henry Bessemer 1856 == ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1800s]] Sir Henry Bessemer invented the first industrial process for **mass-producing** steel inexpensively in 1856. Until the Bessemer-p…
  8. USA anthem — 2021-08-09 22:14:22
    …n **1931** was adopted as the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort M'Henry", a poem written in 1814 by **Francis Scott Key**. ::c:: == Luxembourg national anthem == **To Anacreon in Heaven** w…
  9. Can — 2021-08-09 21:53:19
    … Crosse & Blackwells. The patent was re-sold in America some six years later in 1818. == Mass Production == In 1846, **Henry Evans** invents a machine that can manufacture tin cans at a rate of sixty (60) per hour, a significant increase over t…
  10. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
    …arted on ships where room was restricted, by shortening arrows and throwing them at the bottom of an empty wine barrel. Henry VIII enjoyed the game immensely. So much so, that he was given a beautifully ornate set by Anne Boleyn. The game remai…
  11. Shakespeare — 2020-08-21 08:52:48
    …e of Tyre Taming of the Shrew Tempest Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona Winter's Tale || King Henry IV Part 1 King Henry IV Part 2 King Henry V King Henry VI Part 1 King Henry VI Part 2 King Henry VI Part 3 King Henry V…
  12. Safari Park — 2020-08-17 14:54:27
    …Safari Park :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="HenryThynne.jpg" Who="Henry Thynne 6th Marquess of Bath" width="" birth_date="26 January 1905" birth_place="" death_date="30 June 1992" death_place…
  13. Bicycle — 2020-08-15 09:22:15
    …}} **1878**. Built to a safety pattern, //Shergold Safety// , and made by Thomas Shergold of Gloucester. **1879** – Henry J. Lawson //Bicyclette//…
  14. Milk of Magnesia — 2020-08-09 19:55:03
    …o Anglesey and knighted. {{Image url="MilkofMagnesia.jpg" class="left" title="Milk of Magnesia" width="" }} == Charles Henry Phillips == Phillips an English pharmacist received a patent in 1873 for hydrate of magnesia mixed with water which he…
  15. Whisky — 2016-05-26 10:22:03
    …ores Abbey** the (unofficial) birthplace of Scotch whisky. But it was still a mainly monastic production and when King Henry VIII of England dissolved the monasteries in 1541 production was forced underground and overnight. It was this period …

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