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Glastonbury Festival — 2023-10-09 23:45:46
…tonbury 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 " }} == Glasto…
…orld**. === 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 farm…
Cinematography — 2023-10-09 23:41:17
…- 1888 === ~- [[Technology]]: [[Entertainment]]: [[1800s]] The first movie-film was shot in Leeds [[England]] on the 14 October 1888. Louis Le Prince filmed moving motion picture sequences he called **Roundhay Garden**, **Leeds Bridge**, and his…
Computer — 2023-10-09 23:40:16
…age="Babbage.jpg" Who="Charles Babbage" width="300" birth_date="26 December 1791" birth_place="London" death_date="18 October 1871" death_place="London" }} == Computer == ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[Technology]]: [[1800s]] {{{toc}}} ===Charles …
Portland Cement — 2023-10-08 00:16:46
…in 1824 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[CategoryIndustry]]: [[1800s]] Joseph Aspdin patented **Portland cement** on 21 October 1824. {{Toc}} Joseph Aspdin (or Aspden) (1778 - 1855) was a bricklayer living in the Hunslet district of Leeds, [[Yorks…
… dried and crushed and then calcined in a vertical kiln and finally the calcine was to be powdered. /* event_date="21 October 1824" Portland cement is patented */ He obtained the patent for Portland cement on 21 October 1824 for ** An Improveme…
Pedestrian Crossing — 2023-10-07 11:08:59
…:c:: == Zebra Crossing 1951 == The zebra crossing was first installed in Slough, [[Berkshire]] [[England]] on the 31st October 1951. Authorities were looking for a way to make pedestrian crossings more visible to road users and the public. {{Ima…
Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05
…Flowers.jpg" width="280" Who="Thomas 'Tommy' Flowers" Birth_date="22 December 1905" Birthplace="London" Death_date="28 October 1998" }} === Tommy Flowers 1943 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[Technology]]: [[1900s]] Flowers created **Colossus**, …
…First electronic computer 'Colossus' did its first job. */ Thomas (Tommy) Harold Flowers, MBE (22 December 1905 – 28 October 1998) was a British engineer. During World War II **Max Newman**, **Alan Turing**, and other great minds at **Bletchle…
Bouncing bomb — 2023-09-23 12:03:28
… [[CategoryInventions]]:[[Technology]] === Barnes Wallis 1943 === Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, (26 September 1887 – 30 October 1979). He invented the "bouncing bombs" used by 617 Squadron ("**The Dam Busters**") to breach the Möhne and Eder dam…
Automatic watch — 2023-09-23 12:03:07
…UK patent** with his financial backer, Harry Cutts, on 7 July 1923, and obtained a corresponding **Swiss patent** on 16 October 1923. ::c:: == Sealed Watch == Recognizing that dust and dampness were decisive factors leading to most wrist watches i…
Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
…ram. {{Image url="ThomasParkerElectricCar.jpg" class="left" title="Thomas Parker in his Electric Car" width="400" }} In October 1882 Parker moved to **Wolverhampton** to go into business with **Paul Bedford Elwell**. Soon Elwell and Parker were ma…
YMCA — 2022-05-17 05:19:39
…YMCA :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Gwilliamsymca.jpg" Who="George Williams" width="350" birth_date="11 October 1821" birth_place="Dulverton" death_date="6 November 1905" death_place="London" }} === George Williams 1844 === ~-[[S…
Pneumatic Tyre — 2022-05-03 16:45:33
…to Dublin, where he manufactured bicycle frames in collaboration with a local firm, Bowden and Gillies. He died on 23th October 1921. {{Image url="Dunlopplaque.jpg" class="right" title="Dunlop plaque in Belfast" width="250" }} {{Image url="Tyre.j…
Richard Burton — 2021-08-29 20:21:34
…yfen Wales 1925 === His father was also named Richard Walter Jenkins. His mother, Edith Maude (née Thomas), died on 31 October 1927 at age 44 after giving birth to her **13th** child. He went on to star in over 70 Hollywood movies and is another…
Workmate — 2021-08-20 11:10:56
…Workmate :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Ronhickman.jpg" Who="Ron Hickman" width="100%" birth_date="21 October 1932" birth_place="Greytown, S.Africa" death_date="17 February 2011" death_place="Jersey" }} === Ron Hickman 1961 === …
Beatles — 2021-08-20 10:46:43
…ons in September 1962 produced a minor UK hit, "Love Me Do". == Beatlemania == **Beatlemania** began in Britain on 13 October 1963 with a televised appearance at the London Palladium. In the United States **Capitol Records** (which was owned b…
…y). Attorneys for Capitol Records were actually employed to stop US DJs from playing Beatles songs. /* event_date="13 October 1963" Beatlemania begins in Britain */ == The US Concedes == Beatlemania exploded in the United States with three nati…
Vitamins — 2021-08-16 09:52:16
…[1900s]] {{Databox width="260" Image="WilliamFletcher.jpg" Who="William Fletcher" Discovered="Vitamins" birth_date=" 11 October 1872" death_date="18 September 1938" class="right" }} **William Fletcher** was born in 1872 in [[Leicestershire]], [[En…
DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12
…, was born " event_date="15th December, 1916"}} in Pongara, North Wairarapa, New Zealand and died of cancer on the 6th October, 2004. Born of Irish parents, {{Datetext text=" 'James Dewey Watson' was born " event_date="April 6, 1928" }} in Chic…
CT Scan — 2021-08-14 20:48:42
…ential of this new technology. {{Image url="CT-Scanner.jpg" class="left" title="A modern CT Scanner" width="" }} On 1 October 1971, CT scanning was used on a patient with a cerebral cyst. In 1975, Hounsfield built a whole-body scanner. ::c:: …
Public Park — 2021-08-14 20:30:20
…despread cynicism amongst press and public, when the Great Exhibition opened in May 1851 it was an enormous success. In October, Paxton was knighted by Queen Victoria. When the exhibition finished, the Crystal Palace was re-erected in Sydenham in …
Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33
…all** and the creation of the **Football Association** (the English governing body, **FA**), were laid down on the 26th October **1863**. Representatives of several London clubs met //“for the purpose of forming an Association with the object…
… of establishing a definite code of rules for the regulation of the game”.// /* event_date="26th October 1863" The rules for the modern game of football */ {{toc}} == Football 1863 == {{Image url="FootballVardy.jpg" class=…
…to do this than the 'Local' [[pub]] over a pint. In the **Freemasons' Tavern** in Great Queen Street, [[London]] on 26 October 1863 rules for the modern game were laid down over a series of meetings. ::c:: == Biggest Sport == {{Image url="FA_Pla…
Saline Drip — 2021-08-12 20:46:29
…date="19/10/1833" death_place="" }} === Thomas Latta 1832 === [[Medical]]:[[1800s]] Thomas Aitchison Latta (1796 – 19 October 1833) invented the intravenous saline infusion in 1832. {{TOC}} Intravenous therapy (IV) is a method of rehydration th…
Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36
…r, **John Ferrabee**, and together they made mowers in a factory at Stroud. == Descriptive Patent == /* event_date="25 October 1830" The Lawn Mower is patented */ {{image url="Buddingmower.jpg" title="Budding Mower" width="300" class="left" }}Bud…
…ily to cut the lawn on sports grounds and expansive gardens as a superior alternative to the scythe. His patent of **25 October 1830** described //"a new combination and application of machinery for the purpose of cropping or shearing the vegetabl…
Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
…~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is commented out for reference only Edison patent was 4 November 1879 granted Jan 1880. on October 8, 1883 the US Patent Office ruled that Edison’s US Patent was invalid due to prior art by William Sawyer and others.…
…ears, and more than $100,000 in litigation expenses after Edison’s patent was invalidated by the US Patent Office, on October 6, 1889, a judge ruled that the electric light improvement claim for "a filament of carbon of high resistance" was vali…
…ert Conot (1979), also shows that Edison and his attorneys hid significant information from the judge. They cut out the October 7-21, 1879 section of a notebook that the judge might have determined showed that they were simply extending Sawyer’s…
Can — 2021-08-09 21:53:19
…Can :: {{databox width="320" Image="PeterDurand.jpg" Who="Peter Durand" Invented="Food Can" birth_date="21 October 1766" death_date="23 July 1822" }} == Food Tin Can == ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[CategoryFood]] Canning is the method of …
Australia — 2021-08-08 18:36:08
…anist, Daniel Solander, a naturalist, and Charles Green, from the Greenwich Observatory. Cook sighted New Zealand on 6 October 1769, and landed at Poverty Bay two days later. He drew detailed and accurate maps of the whole coastline of both north…
Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
…rcy Pilcher 1899 == {{Databox Image="PercyPilcher.jpg" title="Percy Pilcher" birth_date="16 January 1866" death_date="2 October 1899" }} Four years before the Wright brothers, Pilcher, born in Bath [[Somerset]] in 1866, had constructed his own tri…
…s critically injured, robbing him, and the world, of the first manned powered flight. Percy died days later on the 2nd October 1899 before he could display his powered triplane. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9nwSCKq_Do Video of Pilcher in f…
Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44
…aleRefinery1850.jpg" class="left-right" title="Shale oil refinery circa 1850" width="" }} He took out a patent dated 17 October 1850. Young entered into partnership under the title of **E.W. Binney & Co. at Bathgate** in West Lothian and **E. Meld…
Mensa — 2020-12-03 00:59:15
…lace="" }} === Roland Berrill, Lance Ware - 1946 === ~-[[Society]]:[[1900s]] Mensa was founded in [[England]] on the 1 October 1946 by **Dr Lance Ware**, a scientist and lawyer **Roland Berrill**, an Australian barrister. /* event_date="1 Octobe…
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
…all Association (F.A.) was founded in [[England]]. In the '''Freemasons' Tavern''' in Great Queen Street, London on 26 October 1863 rules for the modern game were laid down over a series of meetings. Central to these meetings was '''Ebenezer Cobb…
Bicycle — 2020-08-15 09:22:15
…Image="john_kemp_starley.jpg" Who="" width="240" birth_date="24 December 1855" birth_place="Walthamstow" death_date="29 October 1901" death_place="" }} === John Kemp Starley 1885 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]:[[1800s]] In 1885 Starley produced the …
Disc Brakes — 2020-08-09 19:54:18
… :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="FrederickLanchester.jpg" Who="Frederick Lanchester" width="350" birth_date=" 23 October 1868 " birth_place="Lewisham" death_date="8 march 1946" death_place="" }} === Frederick Lanchester 1902 === ~-[[Catego…
Cloning — 2020-08-06 15:26:49
…ge="KeithCampbell.jpg" Who="Keith Campbell" width="" birth_date="23 May 1954" birth_place="Birmingham" death_date="5 October 2012" death_place="Nottingham" }} == Birth of a Star == The cloning was done at the Roslin Institute, university of Ed…
Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53
…] == Brooklands 1907 == {{Databox width="" Image="HughLockeKing.jpg" Who="Hugh Locke King" width="300" birth_date=" 7 October 1848" birth_place="Chertsey" death_date="28 Jan 1926" death_place="" }} The world's first purpose-built motor racing c…
…itty 1 at Brooklands" width="500" }} There were four Chitty's in all and Louis Zborowski died aged just 29 on the 19th October 1924 when his vehicle hit a tree.…
Thriller — 2017-05-19 15:12:25
…Temperton 1983 === {{Databox caption="Composer" Image="RodTemperton.jpg" width="" title="Rod Temperton" birth_date="9 October 1949" birth_place="" death_date="1 October 2016" death_place="London" }} {{toc}} **Rodney Lynn Temperton** (born 15 Oct…

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