1. Mayday — 2023-10-08 00:53:45

   …ate="Mar 01 1962" death_place="Chelmsford" }} === Frederick Stanley Mockford 1923 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]] The international distress call 'Mayday' was devised by Mockford 1923. Pilots needed a clear panic call. Calling out 'SOS' over early r…
   …Mockford suggested **Mayday**. In 1924, the **Book of Wireless Telegraphy** identified **‘Mayday’** as the international distress call. {{Image url="FrederickMockfordGrave.jpg" class="left" title="Frederick Mockford Grave" width="300" }} …

2. Air Traffic Control — 2023-10-07 10:51:35

   … title="World's first ATC, Croydon airport tower" width="450" }} London Croydon Airport was Britain's first major international gateway airport. And it is the birthplace of Air Traffic Control and the world's first Air Traffic Control Tower. {{T…
   …es apart horizontally or at least 1,000 feet vertically. == Other fame == Croydon is the home of "[[Mayday]]" the international distress call. {{Image url="AirTrafficControl.jpg" class="left" title="Modern Air Traffic Control" width="400" }} Amy …

3. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35

   …et list. Nothing happened and Cockerell became increasingly agitated. Eventually, in 1958, after declassification, the National Research Development Council (NRDC) funded the design and construction of SRN1 - the world's first man-carrying amphibi…

4. LCD — 2023-09-23 15:53:09

   …ray moved to **Merck Chemicals.** == Turning Point == This turned the field of research on LCDs into an expanding international activity, with adequate supplies of the materials being available, under licence, from Merck Ltd (then BDH Ltd), due to…

5. Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23

   …Birmingham Science Museum" }}Parkes introduced his new material to great public interest at the '''1862''' **Great International Exhibition** in London and was awarded a prize medal. He established The **Parkesine Company** at Hackney Wick in Londo…

6. National Trust — 2022-07-02 09:18:26

   …citor to the **Commons Preservation Society**. On 16 November **1893**, Hill, Hunter and Rawnsley agreed on the name **'National Trust'** to protect open spaces and endangered buildings of historic interest.…

7. YMCA — 2022-05-17 05:19:39

   … by Queen Victoria in 1894 for his YMCA work. He was buried in 1905 under the floor of St. Paul's Cathedral among other national heroes and statesmen. A large stained glass window in Westminster Abbey, complete with a red triangle, is dedicated t…

8. Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51

   …creen and one of the most important figures in motion-picture history. At the height of his fame he was the **most internationally recognized person** on the planet. ::c:: == Rags to Riches == Chaplin's life was the ultimate rags to riches tale. H…

9. Paralympic Games — 2021-08-20 10:59:53

   … war injuries a sense of purpose. In 1952 competitors from the Netherlands took part in the competition, giving an international notion to the movement. == To Rome == The first Olympic-style games for athletes with a disability were held in Rome…
   … in 1960; officially called the// 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games//, these are considered to be the first Paralympic Games. The first Winter Paralympics were h…
   … host city. This practice was adopted in 1992 for the **Winter Paralympics**, and became an official policy of the International Olympic Committee and the **IPC** following a June 19, 2001 agreement. The Games take place three weeks after the clo…

10. Miss World — 2021-08-20 10:50:22

    …="9/11/2000" death_place="London" }} === Eric Morley 1951 === ~-[[Entertainment]]:[[1900s]] Miss World, the first international beauty pageant, was created in Britain by Eric Morley in **1951**. It was held on 29 July 1951 at the Lyceum Ballroom…
    … title. The event was called a Bikini Contest to promote the //new// swimsuit of the time. The press saw it as an international event because some of the entrants came from around the world. == First Winner == The winner was Kerstin 'Kiki' Håka…

11. Beatles — 2021-08-20 10:46:43

    …ober 1963" Beatlemania begins in Britain */ == The US Concedes == Beatlemania exploded in the United States with three national television appearances by the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show on 9, 16 23 February 1964. A record setting 73 million …

12. Atomic Clock — 2021-08-20 10:45:05

    …-[[CategoryScience]]:[[1900s]] In 1955, Louis Essen and Jack Parry built the world's first caesium atomic clock at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, [[Middlesex]]. == From Quartz == An Atomic clock, is a timekeeping device that is …

13. Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24

    …honours he received were the **Gullstrand Medal** of the Swedish Medical Society, and the **Gonin Medal **from the International Council of Ophthalmologists. At the end of the 1980s he himself had the lenses in both his eyes replaced. "I am the on…

14. Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19

    … soldier, talented artist and actor. {{{toc}}} == War Hero == '''Baden-Powell''' (1857-1941) returned to [[England]] a national hero, after defending the town of **Mafeking** for seven months from the besieging Boer troops, the first real British …
    … class="right" width="200" title="Centenary year commemorative coin" }} There are now '''**155 countries**''' with internationally recognised National Scout Organizations. The scouts number more than ''**'28 million**''', with over 5 million in the…

15. Modern Olympics — 2021-08-14 20:26:14

    …oreign philanthropists who shared some of his ideas. Brookes himself petitioned the Greek authorities to revive an international games but internal strife within the country led to the government of the day politely declining his overtures. He rece…
    …in 1881 printed the following passage: ^^Dr. Brookes, this enthusiastic Philhellene is endeavouring to organise an International Olympian Festival, to be held in Athens.^^ == Wealthy Ally == ---- >>{{image url="London1948.jpg" title="London Olympi…
    …ear age difference (Brookes was by then 81), the two men built up a great rapport, Brookes sharing the dream of an international Olympian movement with de Coubertain. ==Modern Olympics== In **1894** the first Congress of the **Modern Olympics** w…

16. USA anthem — 2021-08-09 22:14:22

    …ancis Scott Key**. ::c:: == Luxembourg national anthem == **To Anacreon in Heaven** was also the national anthem of Luxembourg until the anthem was replaced by Ons Heemecht in 1895.…

17. Mensa — 2020-12-03 00:59:15

    …ng an accepted score on the Culture Fair test of at least 132, or 148 on the Cattell test. == Worldwide == Mensa International has around 130,000 members in 100 countries. {{Tag ids="IQ society intelligence MENSA "}}…

18. Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52

    …al people that helped move the early wagonways, that were used to [[CategoryTransport]] coal out of the mines, into the national grids we see today all over the world. {{{toc}}} ::c:: === Richard Trevithick 1804 === {{image url="Richard_Trevithick…

19. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

    …ted. The MCC has since then gone on to become one of the most prominent bodies in world cricket The first official International match was held between Canada and United States in the year 1844. [[Cricket | Main article.]] == Rugby 1871 == {{Image…
    …" width="100"}} Rounders is predominantly an English game. The game has been played from the Tudor Times. The earliest nationally formalised rules of play were devised by the GAA in Ireland in 1884. In 1889, the Liverpool & Scottish Rounders Assoc…
    …e to a contest using stones on ice coming from the records of Paisley Abbey, Renfrew, in February **1541**. One of the national games of Scotland, it has spread to many countries. == Darts == {{Image url="Dart_board.jpg" class="right" width="120"…

20. Cricket — 2020-08-26 21:18:47

    …n **Hambledon** in the 1760s and the world-famous Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was founded in 1787. == Rules and International == {{Image url="Cricketball.jpg" class="left" width="100"}}The beginnings of modern cricket is said to be to be 1787, …
    …ted. The MCC has since then gone on to become one of the most prominent bodies in world cricket The first official International match was held between Canada and United States in the year 1844. == Cricket Today == Cricket has moved from a quaint…

21. Stevenson Screen — 2020-08-17 08:38:43

    …ate="8 May 1887" death_place="Edinburgh" }} === Sir Thomas Stevenson 1864 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[1800s]] The international weather station was invented by the British engineer and meteorologist Sir Thomas Stevenson (1818-1887), the father of …

22. Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner — 2020-08-15 09:18:21

    …ing vacuum cleaner in the UK. == Competition Regrets == Hoover's vice president for Europe, Mike Rutter, said on U.K. national TV, "I do regret that Hoover as a company did not take the product technology off Dyson; it would have lain on the shel…

23. Monty Python — 2020-08-06 07:48:50

    … none other than David Attenborough, seemed so intrinsically British that no-one could imagine that it would be an international winner, but slowly it did just that and {{Datediff from="1969" }} years later it is still as popular all around the wor…

24. English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55

    …l="English-as-Official-Language.png"}}>> {{{toc}}} The English language is the nearest the world has seen to an '''international language'''. Approximately a third of the world can now communicate in English. == How it Started == From the 'Commo…
    …== English has official or special status in at least '''75 countries''' around the world. English is the primary international language in many fields including communications, science, business, aviation, entertainment, radio and diplomacy. Over…
    …elling of some words so it is different to the rest of the world, but British English is the 'Official' English of international organisations like **NATO, UN & WHO**. It is calculated that on an average school day approximately one billion peopl…

25. Beatrix Potter — 2016-07-23 14:22:52

    …p Farm** in [[Cumbria]] and on her death bequeathed it, along with 13 other farms and over 4000 acres of land, to the [[National_Trust]]. === The Tale of Peter Rabbit 1902 === {{Image url="PeterRabbit.jpg" class="left" title="Peter Rabbit" width="…
    …Peter lent his first name to one of the world's best-loved fictional characters and earned Beatrix Potter enduring international acclaim. ::c:: == The Tailor of Gloucester 1903 == {{Image url="TailorGloucester.gif" class="left" title="Tailor Glou…

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