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Stockings — 2023-12-30 23:58:55
…Stockings :: {{draft}} {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="WilliamLee.jpg" Who="William Lee" width="300" born="1563" birth_place="Calverton" died="1614" death_place="" }} === William Lee 1589 === [[Society]]:[[1500s]] William Lee invented the…
Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57
…erfordWalton.jpg" class="right" width="" title="Cockcroft Rutherford and Walton" }}|| ||{{Databox who="John Cockcroft" birth_date="27 May 1897" birth_place="Todmorden" death_date="18 Sep 1967" death_place="Cambridge" }}||{{Databox who="Ernest …
…Walton" birth_date="06 Oct 1903" birth_place="Dungarvan, [[Ireland]]" death_date="25 Jun 1995" death_place="Belfast, Ireland" }}|| The first laboratory con…
…ed confirmation of **Einstein's law** (E = mc2). Cockcroft and Walton received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951. == Birth of a Bomb == The discovery of **Nuclear Fission** led to many types of experiments, not least, the **Atom Bomb**. {{Tag…
Carbonated water — 2023-10-09 23:52:55
…Carbonated water :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Joseph_Priestley.jpg" width="300" title="Joseph Priestley" birth_date="24/3/1733" birth_place="" death_date="06/2/1804" death_place="" }} === Joseph Priestley 1767 === ~- [[CategoryFoo…
FAX — 2023-10-09 23:52:19
…FAX :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Alexander_Bain.jpg" Who="Alexander Bain" width="" birth_date="12/10/1810" birth_place="Watten, Caithness, Scotland" death_date="2/1/1877" death_place="Scotland" }} === Alexander Bain 1843 === ~-[[Tec…
Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33
…ort]]: [[1800s]] {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Herbert_Akroyd_Stuart.jpg" Who="Herbert Akroyd Stuart" width="300" birth_date="28 January 1864" birth_place="Halifax [[Yorkshire]]" death_date="19 February 1927" death_place="Halifax" }} {{To…
Vacuum Flask — 2023-10-09 23:46:28
…Vacuum Flask :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="James-dewar.jpg" Who="James" width="300" birth_date="20 September 1842" birth_place="Kincardine" death_date="27 March 1923" death_place="London" }} [[CategoryInventi…
Glastonbury Festival — 2023-10-09 23:45:46
…Glastonbury 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 Festiv…
Modern Farming — 2023-10-09 23:44:30
…Modern Farming :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Jtull.jpg" width="" title="Jethro Tull " birth_date="30/3/1674" birth_place="" death_date="21/2/1741" death_place="" }} === Jethro Tull 1701 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[CategoryIndustry…
Lever Brothers — 2023-10-09 23:43:45
…Lever Brothers :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="WilliamLever.jpg" Who="William Lever" width="" birth_date="19 September 1851" birth_place=" Bolton, [[Lancashire]]" death_date="7 May 1925" death_place="" }} === Lever Bro…
Stainless Steel — 2023-10-09 23:42:45
…Stainless Steel :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="HarryBrearley.jpg" Who="Harry Brearley" width="400" birth_date="18 February 1871" birth_place="Sheffield, [[Yorkshire]]" death_date="14 July 1948" death_place="Torquay" }} === H…
Phototherapy — 2023-10-09 23:41:51
…Phototherapy :: {{Databox caption="Discoverer" Image="Richard-Cremer.jpg" Who="Richard Cremer" width="400" birth_date="Jan 4 1925" birth_place="Blean" death_date="Jan 25, 2014" death_place="Carshalton" }} === Richard Cremer 1956 ===…
Cinematography — 2023-10-09 23:41:17
…Cinematography :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Louis_Le_Prince.jpg" Who="Louis Le Prince" width="330" birth_date="28 August 1841" birth_place="Metz, France" death_date="16 September 1890" death_place="?" }} === Louis Le Prince …
Computer — 2023-10-09 23:40:16
…Computer :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Babbage.jpg" Who="Charles Babbage" width="300" birth_date="26 December 1791" birth_place="London" death_date="18 October 1871" death_place="London" }} == Computer == ~-[[…
…989 to 1991, under Doron Swade, the then Curator of Computing. This was to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Babbage's birth. In 2000, the printer which Babbage originally designed for the difference engine was also completed. Both functioned p…
Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36
…Cat Eyes :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Percyshaw.jpg" Who="Percy Shaw" width="" birth_date="15 Apr 1890" birth_place="Halifax" death_date="01 Sep 1976" death_place="Boothtown" }} [[CategoryInventions]]: [[CategoryTransport]] === …
Webcam — 2023-10-09 11:44:50
…Webcam :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="QuentinStaffordFraser.jpg" Who="Quentin Stafford Fraser" width="350" birth_date="18/5/1967" birth_place="Dunstable" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === Quentin Stafford-Fraser - 1991 === The…
Mayday — 2023-10-08 00:53:45
…ayday :: {{Databox caption="Creator" image="FrederickStanleyMockford.png" Who="Frederick Stanley Mockford" width="300" birth_date="Dec 08 1897" birth_place="Holly Lodge, Seaford" death_date="Mar 01 1962" death_place="Chelmsford" }} === Freder…
Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
…yInventions]]: [[CategoryIndustry]]: [[1700s]] >>{{Databox Image="Watt.jpg" class="right" width="" Who="James Watt" birth_date="19 January 1736" death_date="19 August 1819" Pioneer="Steam Engines" }}>> James Watt (1736 – 1819) was born on…
Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
…Radar :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Robertwatsonwatt.jpg" Who="Robert Watson-Watt" width="" birth_date="13/4/1892" birth_place="Brechin" death_date="5/12/1973" death_place="Scotland" }} === Robert Watson-Watt 1935 ===…
Portland Cement — 2023-10-08 00:16:46
…Portland Cement :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Joseph-Aspdin.jpg" Who="Joseph Aspdin" width="300" birth_date="25 Dec 1778" birth_place="Leeds" death_date="20 Mar 1855" death_place="Wakefield" }} === Joseph Aspdin 1824 ==…
Pedestrian Crossing — 2023-10-07 11:08:59
…Pedestrian Crossing :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="John_Peake_Knight.jpg" Who="John Peake Knight" width="" birth_date="13/1/1828" birth_place="Nottingham" death_date="23/7/1886" death_place="London" }} == John Peake Knight - 1868 ==…
Air Traffic Control — 2023-10-07 10:51:35
…t 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. {{TOC}} Croydon Airport grew out of Beddi…
Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05
…Electronic Computer :: {{Databox Image="Thomas_Flowers.jpg" width="280" Who="Thomas 'Tommy' Flowers" Birth_date="22 December 1905" Birthplace="London" Death_date="28 October 1998" }} === Tommy Flowers 1943 === ~-[[CategoryInv…
Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
…Hovercraft :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Cockerell.jpg" Who="Christopher Cockerell" width="300" birth_date="4 June 1910" birth_place="Cambridge" death_date="1 June 1999" death_place="Hythe" }} === Christopher Cockerell 1…
Marshall Amplification — 2023-10-07 09:45:58
…ategoryIndustry]]:[[Music]]:[[1900s]] {{Databox Image="JimMarshall.jpg" class="right" title="Jim Marshall" width="300" birth_date="29/7/1923" death_date="5/4/2012" }} James Charles Marshall, OBE (1923 – 2012) was born in Acton, West [[Londo…
Anaesthetic — 2023-10-04 16:27:18
…Anaesthetic :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="HumphryDavy.jpg" Who="Humphry Davy" width="270" birth_date="17 Dec 1778" birth_place="Penzance, Cornwall" death_date="29 May 1829" death_place="Geneva, Switzerland" }} === H…
…Young Simpson 1847 === {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="SimpsonJamesYoung.jpg" Who="Simpson James Young" width="200" birth_date="7/6/1811" birth_place="Bathgate, [[Scotland]]" death_date="6/5/1870" death_place="Edinburgh" }} Chloroform was fi…
Aluminium — 2023-10-04 16:04:17
…Aluminium :: {{Databox caption="Discoverer" Image="HumphryDavy.jpg" Who="Humphry Davy" width="300" birth_date="17 Dec 1778" birth_place="Penzance, Cornwall" death_date="29 May 1829" death_place="Geneva, Switzerland" }} === …
SMS — 2023-10-04 10:30:06
…SMS :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="NeilPapworth.jpg" Who="Neil Papworth" width="400" birth_date="28 December 1969" birth_place="Reading" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === Neil Papworth 1992 === [[Communica…
Bob Hope — 2023-09-26 16:57:28
…Bob Hope :: {{Databox Image="BobHope.jpg" Who="Bob Hope" width="" birth_date="29 May 1903" birth_place="Eltham, London" death_date="July 27, 2003" death_place="California" }} [[Entertainment]]== Bob Hope 1903 == Co…
English Bible — 2023-09-25 23:57:13
…ociety]]:[[1500s]] {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="WilliamTyndale.jpg" Who="William Tyndale" width="300" born="1494" birth_place="Stinchcombe" death_date="6/10/1536" death_place="Netherlands" }} Tyndale’s New Testament was the first to be p…
WorldWideWeb — 2023-09-23 15:57:32
…WorldWideWeb :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Bernerslee.jpg" width="280" title="Tim Berners-Lee" birth_date="8 Jun 1955" birth_place="London" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === Tim Berners-Lee 1990 === ~-[[Communicati…
…Berners-Lee with one of Britain's highest honours - the '''Order of Merit'''. == Links == <<[[https://home.cern/topics/birth-web| CERN ]]<< {{Tag ids="Internet computer browser protocol language web server"}} …
Vacuum Tube — 2023-09-23 15:57:19
…Vacuum Tube :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JohnAmbroseFleming.jpg" width="250" title="John Ambrose Fleming" birth_date="29/11/1849" birth_place="Lancaster" death_date="18/4/1945" death_place="Sidmouth" }} === John Ambrose Fleming 1…
Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07
…Telephone :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="AlexBell.jpg" width="" title="Alexander Graham Bell" birth_date="March 3, 1847" birth_place="Edinburgh" death_date="2 Aug 1922" death_place="" }} === Alexander Graham Bell 1876 …
Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52
…on]]:[[Technology]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="FrancisRonalds.jpg" Who="Francis Ronalds" width="220" birth_date="21 February 1788" birth_place="London" death_date="8 August 1873" death_place="Battle" }} === Francis Ronalds 18…
… Charles Wheatstone === {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="CharlesWheatstone.jpg" Who="Charles Wheatstone" width="280" birth_date="06 Feb 1802" birth_place="Gloucester" death_date="19 Oct 1875" death_place="Paris" Inventions="Concertina, Symph…
Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38
…:[[Music]]:[[1900s]] {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Alan_Dower_Blumlein.jpg" Who="Alan Dower Blumlein" width="250" birth_date="29/6/1903" birth_place="Hampstead" death_date="7/6/1942" death_place="Welsh Bicknor" }} **Alan Dower Blumlein** b…
Radio — 2023-09-23 15:56:24
…cation]]:[[Technology]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox width="250" Image="Marconi.jpg" Who="Guglielmo Marconi" Invented="Radio" Birth_date="25/4/1874" death_date="20/7/1937" }} **Guglielmo Marconi** gave the first public transmission of wireless signals…
PIN — 2023-09-23 15:56:10
…ion Number == ~-[[Technology]] {{Databox Image="JamesGoodfellow.jpg" title="James Goodfellow" width="350" Born="1937" Birth_place="Paisley [[Scotland ]]" death_date="now" }} The Personal Identification Number was invented by Goodfellow in 196…
Lithium-ion Battery — 2023-09-23 15:53:22
…ery :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="MichaelStanleyWhittingham.jpg" Who="Michael Stanley Whittingham" width="250" birth_date="22/12/1941" birth_place="Nottingham" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === Michael Stanley Whittingham 1970 === …
LCD — 2023-09-23 15:53:09
…LCD :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="george_gray.jpg" title="George Gray" width="260" birth_date="4 September 1926" birth_place="Denny Scotland" death_date="12 May 2013" death_place="" }} == Liquid Crystal Dis…
iPod — 2023-09-23 15:52:55
…=== ~-[[Technology]]:[[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]],…
Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
…Electric Motor :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="WilliamSturgeon.jpg" width="350" title="William Sturgeon" birth_date="22 May 1783" birth_place="Whittington" death_date="4 December 1850" death_place="Prestwich" }} === William Stu…
Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37
…Electric Generator :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Michael_faraday.png" width="250" title="Michael Faraday" birth_date="22 Sep 1791" birth_place="" death_date="25 Aug 1867" death_place="" }} ==== Michael Faraday 1831 ==== ~-[[Catego…
Digital Photography — 2023-09-23 12:04:21
…Digital Photography :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Michael_Tompsett.jpg" Who="Michael Tompsett" width="" birth_date="1/6/1939" birth_place="[[Surrey]], [[England]]" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === Michael Tompsett 1972 === …
Bouncing bomb — 2023-09-23 12:03:28
…Bouncing bomb :: {{Databox caption="Innovator" Image="Barnes_Wallis.jpg" width="" who="Sir Barnes Neville Wallis" birth_date="26/9/1887" birth_place="Ripley [[Derbyshire]] [[England]]" death_date="30/10/1979" death_place="Effingham Surrey…
ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41
…ATM :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="John-Shepherd-Barron.jpg" Who="John Shepherd Barron" width="400" birth_date="23 June 1925" birth_place="Shillong, India" death_date="15 May 2010" death_place="Inverness, Scotland" }} === Jo…
Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11
…hallenges has taken hundreds of years. {{Databox Image="HarringtonJohn.jpg" title="Sir John Harrington " width="250" birth_date="4 August 1561" birth_place="Kelston " death_date="20 November 1612" death_place="Kelston " }} === Sir John Harri…
Mousetrap — 2023-08-31 23:02:31
…nt" width="200" }} == Best Present == Christie gave the rights for the play to her grandson Matthew Prichard as a 9th birthday present, he wanted a pushbike, but he is probably grateful now. The contract terms of the play stipulate that //no f…
Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
…Electric Car :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="ThomasParker.jpg" Who="Thomas Parker" width="330" birth_date="22 December 1843" birth_place="Coalbrookdale [[Shropshire]]" death_date="5 December 1915" death_place="Ironbridg…
Winston Churchill — 2023-08-27 16:11:42
… Churchill == ~-[[Society]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox Image="WinstonChurchill.jpg" class="right" title="Winston Churchill" Birth_date="30 November 1874" Death_date="24 January 1965" Knighted="24 April 1953" width="" }} Winston Churchill is consider…
Hose clamp — 2023-04-06 17:55:49
…p :: {{draft}} {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JubileeClip" Who="Commander Lumley Robinson" width="350" born="1877" birth_place="Leeds" death_date=" 20 August 1939" death_place="Jersey" }} === Lumley Robinson 1921 === [[1900s]] [[CategoryInd…
Olivia Newton John — 2023-04-06 17:15:33
…Olivia Newton John :: {{Databox width="" Image="Olivia+Newton-John.jpg" Who="Olivia Newton John" width="" birth_date="September 26th 1948" birth_place="Cambridge" death_date="8/8/2022" death_place="California" }} [[Music]] == Olivi…
Pay Toilet — 2022-09-27 07:23:49
…n Nevil Maskelyne 1892 === [[1800s]] {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="John_Nevil_Maskelyne.jpg" width="200" title="" birth_date=" 22/12/1839" birth_place="Cheltenham" death_date="18/5/1917" death_place="London" }} {{toc}} Maskelyne was an Eng…
Custard — 2022-09-19 23:50:44
…Custard :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="AlfredBird.jpg" Who="Alfred Bird" width="250" birth_date="25/8/1811" birth_place="Nympsfield" death_date="15 December 1878" death_place="" }} === Alfred Bird 1837 === ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800…
Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23
…Plastic :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Alexparkes.jpg" width="300" title="Alexander Parkes" birth_date="December 29, 1813" birth_place="Birmingham" death_date="29 Jun 1890" death_place="" }} === Alexander Parkes 185…
Lava Lamp — 2022-08-29 08:39:00
…Lava Lamp :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="EdwardCravenWalker.jpg" Who="Edward Craven Walker" width="400" birth_date="4/7/1918" birth_place="Singapore" death_date="15/8/2000" death_place="Ringwood" }} === Edward Craven-Walker 1963 …
Police — 2022-05-20 08:52:50
…Police :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Sir_robert_peel_3.jpg" title="Sir Robert Peel" width="300" birth_date="5 February 1788" birth_place="" death_date="2 July 1850" death_place="" }} ==Police == ~-[[Society]]:[[1800s]] {{…
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 Willia…
Crufts — 2022-05-03 17:14:00
…Crufts :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="CharlesCruft.jpg" " title="Charles Cruft" width="390" birth_date="28 Jun 1852" birth_place="" death_date="10 Sep 1938" death_place="Highbury" }} [[Livestock]]:[[1800s]] == Crufts…
Pneumatic Tyre — 2022-05-03 16:45:33
…Pneumatic Tyre :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JohnDunlop.jpg" title="John Dunlop" width="" birth_date="05 Feb 1840" birth_place="Dreghorn" death_date="23 Oct 1921" death_place="Dublin" }} [[CategoryTransport]]:[[1800…
Loudspeaker — 2021-11-07 21:26:37
…Loudspeaker :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Oliver_Joseph_Lodge.jpg" Who="Oliver Joseph Lodge" width="350" birth_date="12 June 1851" birth_place="Penkhull, [[Staffordshire]]" death_date="22 August 1940" death_place="Wiltshire" }} ==…
Microphone — 2021-11-07 21:26:04
…Microphone :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="DavidEdwardHughes.jpg" Who="David Edward Hughes" width="" birth_date="16/5/1831" birth_place="Corwen" death_date="22/1/1900" death_place="London" }} === David Edward Hughes 1878 === …
Television — 2021-11-06 16:35:18
…munication]]:[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1900s]] {{Databox width="350" Image="John_logie_baird.jpg" Who="John Logie Baird" Birth_date="13 Aug 1888" Birth_place="Helensburgh" Death_date="14 Jun 1946" Death_place="Bexhill-on-Sea" }} Baird was a Sco…
Postage Stamp — 2021-11-06 16:32:56
…Postage Stamp :: {{Databox Image="Rowlandhill.jpg" class="right" caption="Sir Rowland Hill" width="300" birth_date="3/12/1795" death_date="27/8/1879" }} === Sir Rowland Hill 1840 === ~-[[Communication]]:[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[180…
Richard Burton — 2021-08-29 20:21:34
…Richard Burton :: {{Databox caption="Actor" Image="richard-burton.jpg" Who="Richard Burton" width="" birth_date="10 November 1925" birth_place="Pontrhydyfen, Wales" death_date="5 August 1984" death_place="Céligny, Switzerlan…
…lso 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 great actor who never received an…
Trouser Press — 2021-08-26 11:11:31
…Trouser Press :: {{draft}} {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="PeterCorby.jpg" Who="Peter Corby" width="" birth_date="July 8 1924" birth_place="Leamington Spa" death_date="5/8/2021" death_place="" }} === Peter Corby 1930 === [[Dome…
Hip Replacement — 2021-08-20 11:18:03
…963 === ~-[[Medical ]]:[[1900s]] {{Databox width="360" Image="JohnCharnley.jpg" class="right" Who="Sir John Charnley" birth_date="29 August 1911" death_date="5 August 1982" }} {{Toc}} The first successful Total hip arthroplasty (THA) was car…
Heroin — 2021-08-20 11:14:28
…Heroin :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="CharlesWright.jpg" Who="Charles Wright" width="400" birth_date="7/9/1844" birth_place="Southend" death_date="25/6/1894" death_place="" }} === Charles Romley Alder Wright 1874 === ~-[[Medical]]:[[180…
Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51
…n :: == Charlie Chaplin == ~-[[Entertainment]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox image="CharlieChaplin.jpg" title="Charlie Chaplin" birth_date="16/4/1889" birth_place="Walworth [[London]]" death_date="25/12/1977" }} {{{toc}}} === Walworth London England 1…
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 …
MRI Scan — 2021-08-20 11:04:59
…MRI Scan :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="PeterMansfield.jpg" Who="Peter Mansfield" width="" birth_date="9/9/1933" birth_place="Lambeth, [[London]]" death_date="8/2/2017" death_place="" }} === Peter Mansfield 1973 === …
Paralympic Games — 2021-08-20 10:59:53
…Paralympic Games :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Sir_gutt.jpg " Who="Sir Ludwig Guttmann " width="" birth_date=" 3 July 1899 " birth_place=" Tost, Prussia " death_date=" 18 March 1980 " death_place=" Aylesbury " }} === Sir L…
Cary Grant — 2021-08-20 10:57:47
…Cary Grant :: {{Databox caption="Actor" Image="CaryGrant.jpg" width="" title="Cary Grant" birth_date="18/1/1904" birth_place="" death_date="29/11/1986" death_place="" }} == Archibald Alexander Leach == ~-[[Entertainment]]:[[1900s]] Holly…
Four-minute Mile — 2021-08-20 10:55:12
…Four-minute Mile :: {{Databox width="" Image="Bannister-Sir-Roger.jpg" Who="Sir Roger Bannister " birth_date="March 23, 1929" birth_place="Harrow" death_date="3 March 2018" death_place="" }} == Four-minute Mile == ~-[[Categ…
Miss World — 2021-08-20 10:50:22
…Miss World :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="EricMorley.jpg" Who="Eric Morley" width="300" birth_date="26/9/1918" birth_place="Holborn, London" death_date="9/11/2000" death_place="London" }} === Eric Morley 1951 === ~-[[Entertainment]]:[[…
James Bond — 2021-08-20 10:49:07
…James Bond :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Sirianfleming.jpg" Who="Ian Fleming" width="300" birth_date="28 May 1908" birth_place="London" death_date="12 Aug 1964" death_place="Canterbury" }} === Sir Ian Fleming 1952 …
…orious espionage trial in Russia. Ian Fleming's first biographer, John Pearson, has identified 15 January 1952 as the "birth date" of James Bond and reports that CASINO ROYALE was finished on the 18th of March. [[http://www.ianflemingcentre.c…
Guinness Book of World Records — 2021-08-20 10:45:53
…Guinness Book of World Records :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="HughBeaver.jpg" Who="Hugh Beaver" width="" birth_date="4 May 1890" birth_place="Johannesburg, South Africa" death_date="16 January 1967" death_place="London" }} === H…
Atomic Clock — 2021-08-20 10:45:05
…Atomic Clock :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="LouisEssen.jpg" Who="Louis Essen" width="" birth_date="6 September 1908" birth_place="Nottingham" death_date="24 August 1997" death_place="" }} === Louis Essen and Jac…
Ray Milland — 2021-08-20 10:42:20
…Ray Milland :: {{draft}} {{Databox caption="Actor" Image="RayMilland.jpg" Who="Ray Milland" width="400" birth_date="3 January 1907" birth_place="Neath" death_date="10 March 1986" death_place="Torrance, California" }} === Ray Mill…
Antibiotics — 2021-08-20 10:41:08
…Antibiotics :: {{Databox caption="Discoverer" Image="Alexander_Fleming.jpg" Who="Alexander Fleming" width="" birth_date="06 Aug 1881" birth_place="" death_date="11 Mar 1955" death_place="" }} === Alexander Fleming 1928 === ~-[[Catego…
Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24
…Intraocular Lens :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="HaroldRidley.jpg" width="" title="Harold Ridley" birth_date="10/7/1906" birth_place="Kibwoth" death_date="25/4/2001" death_place="Salisbury" width="300" }} === Harold Ridley…
IVF — 2021-08-16 10:02:09
…oeEdwards.jpg" width="400" title="IVF pioneers Steptoe and Edwards" }}|| ||{{Databox who="Patrick Christopher Steptoe" birth_date="9 June 1913" birth_place="Oxford" width="200" death_date="21 March 1988" death_place="Canterbury" }}||{{Databox w…
…ho="Robert Geoffrey Edwards" birth_date="27 September 1925" birth_place="Batley" death_date="10 April 2013" death_place="England" }}|| == In Vitro Fertilisation == ~-[[CategoryScience…
…long with their nurse-technician, **Jean Purdy** successfully carried out a pioneering conception which resulted in the birth of the **world's first baby** to be conceived by IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation AKA __Test Tube Baby__), Louise Brown on 2…
Vitamins — 2021-08-16 09:52:16
…]::[[Medical]]:[[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 [[Leic…
Stan Laurel — 2021-08-14 21:08:01
…== ~-[[Entertainment]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox caption="Entertainer" Image="StanLaurel.jpg" width="300" title="Stan Laurel" birth_date="16/6/1890" birth_place="" death_date="23/2/1965" death_place="" }} Stan was the English half of the comedy duo *…
CT Scan — 2021-08-14 20:48:42
…ield 1975 === ~-[[Medical]]:[[1900s]] {{Databox width="350" Image="Godfrey_Hounsfield.jpg" title="Godfrey Hounsfield" Birth_date="28 August 1919" Death_date="12 August 2004" }} The first CT Scan was performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in W…
Automatic Kettle — 2021-08-14 20:44:42
…s well. == Working combination == {{Databox caption="Inventor" 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 a…
Agatha Christie — 2021-08-14 20:41:37
…Agatha Christie :: {{Databox Image="Agatha_Christie.jpg" title="Agatha Christie" width="300" birth_date="15 Sep 1890" birth_place="Torquay" death_date="12 Jan 1976" death_place="Winterbrook House in Wallingford" }} == Dame Agatha Christie == …
Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19
…Scouts :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Badenpowell.jpg" Who="Lord Robert Baden-Powell" width="" birth_date="22 February 1857" birth_place="London" death_date="8 January 1941" death_place="Kenya" }} === Lord Robert Baden…
Public Park — 2021-08-14 20:30:20
…Public Park :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Paxton_joseph.jpg" Who="Joseph Paxton" width="320" birth_date="August 3, 1803" birth_place="Bedfordshire" death_date="June 8, 1865" death_place="Sydenham" }} === Joseph Paxton…
Modern Olympics — 2021-08-14 20:26:14
…Modern Olympics :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Brookes.jpg" width="300" title="Dr William Penny Brookes" birth_date="13/8/1809" birth_place="Much Wenlock [[England]]" death_date="11/12/1895" death_place="Much Wenlock" }} ===Dr Wi…
Ice Cream Cone — 2021-08-14 20:22:38
…Ice Cream Cone :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="AgnesBerthaMarshall.jpg" Who="Agnes Bertha Marshall" width="300" birth_date="24 August 1855" birth_place=" Walthamstow [[London]]" death_date="29 July 1905" death_place="Pinner" }} === Agne…
Clouds — 2021-08-14 20:16:00
…uke Howard 1802 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox Image="LukeHoward.jpg" class="right" title="Luke Howard" birth_date="28/11/1772" birth_place="[[London]], [[England]]" death_date="21/3/1864" width="" }} Luke Howard named the thre…
Bovril — 2021-08-14 20:09:04
…Bovril :: {{Databox width="" Image="John_Lawson_Johnston.jpg" Who="John Lawson Johnston" birth_date="28/9/1839" birth_place="Roslin, Midlothian" death_date="24/11/1900" death_place="Cannes" }} == Bovril == ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] B…
Fingerprints — 2021-08-14 20:06:49
…Fingerprints :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="William_James_Herschel.jpg" Who="William James Herschel" width="" birth_date="09 Jan 1833" birth_place="Slough" death_date="24 Oct 1917" death_place="" }} == Forensic Fingerprints == ~-[[Cat…
Photography — 2021-08-14 19:57:18
…ography :: {{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 T…
Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33
…Football :: {{Databox Image="EbenezerMorley.jpg" Who="Ebenezer Cobb Morley" width="250" birth_date="16 August 1831" birth_place="Kingston upon Hull" death_date="20 November 1924" death_place="London" }} === Ebenezer Morley 1863 === ~-[[Cate…
Saline Drip — 2021-08-12 20:46:29
…Saline Drip :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="ThomasLatta.jpg" Who="Thomas Latta" width="330" born="1796" birth_place="Edinburgh" death_date="19/10/1833" death_place="" }} === Thomas Latta 1832 === [[Medical]]:[[1800s]] Thomas Aitc…
Dinosaur — 2021-08-12 20:42:55
…=== ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox width="270" Image="Richard_Owen.jpg" class="right" title="Richard Owen" Birth_date="20 July 1804" Death_date="18 Dec 1892" }} The word ''Dinosaur'' was invented by **Richard Owen**. {{Image url="…
Christmas Cracker — 2021-08-12 20:39:19
…Christmas Cracker :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="TomSmith.jpg" Who="Tom Smith" width="300" birth_date="18/10/1823" birth_place="London" death_date="13/3/1869" death_place="" }} === Tom Smith 1860 === ~-[[Tradition]]…
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 === …
Hypodermic Syringe — 2021-08-12 20:33:54
…edical]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox Caption="Hypodermic syringe" image="Alexander_Wood.jpg" Width="350" Who="Alexander Wood" birth_date="10 December 1817" birth_place="Fife, Scotland" death_date="26 February 1884" }} In 1853, Wood (1817 – 1884) b…
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 == ~-[[Cat…
Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
…Horlicks :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="WilliamHorlick.jpg" Who=" William Horlick " width="280" birth_date="23 February 1846" birth_place="Ruardean" death_date="25 September 1936" death_place="Racine, Wisconsin" }} === W…
Rubber — 2021-08-12 20:24:10
…Rubber :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Hancockrubber.jpg" width="350" title="Thomas Hancock" birth_date="08 May 1786" birth_place="Marlborough" death_date="26 Mar 1865" death_place="London" }} === Thomas Hancock 1843 …
…into sheets. Hancock's masticator, which was perfected in 1821, made rubber manufacture commercially practical and gave birth to the rubber industry. Hancock called his machine a "pickle" and kept the masticating process a secret for 10 years. …
Colgate — 2021-08-11 11:43:11
…Colgate :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="WilliamColgate.jpg" Who="William Colgate" width="" birth_date="January 25, 1783" birth_place="Hollingbourne" death_date="March 25, 1857" death_place="New York, US" }} === Will…
Everest — 2021-08-11 11:40:16
…Everest :: == Mount Everest == {{Databox width="" Image="GeorgeEverest.jpg" title="Sir George Everest" birth_date="4 July 1790" death_date="1 December 1866" }} Mount Everest was named in honour of **George Everest** in the Engl…
Blood transfusion — 2021-08-10 08:28:02
…Blood transfusion :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JamesBlundell.jpg" Who="James Blundell " width="350" birth_date="27 December 1790" birth_place="Holborn" death_date="15 January 1878" death_place="London" }} === James Blundell…
Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36
…Lawn Mower :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" image="Head.jpg" width="220" Who="Edwin Beard Budding" birth_date="25 August 1796" birth_place="Eastington" death_date="Sep 1846" death_place="" }} === Edwin Beard Budding 1830 ===…
Match — 2021-08-09 22:35:30
…Match :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JohnWalker.jpg" title="John Walker" width="300" birth_date="29 May 1781" birth_place="Stockton-on-Tees" death_date="1 May 1859" death_place="" }} === John Walker 1826 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[Category…
Nature Reserve — 2021-08-09 22:30:53
…Nature Reserve :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Waterton.jpg" Who="Charles Waterton" width="280" birth_date="3 June 1782" birth_place="Walton Hall, Wakefield" death_date="27 May 1865" death_place="" }} === Charles Watert…
Kaleidoscope — 2021-08-09 22:20:04
…Kaleidoscope :: {{draft}} {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="David-Brewster.jpg" Who="David Brewster" width="360" birth_date="11/12/1781" birth_place=" Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland " death_date="10/2/1868" death_place=" Allerby, Melro…
Zoo — 2021-08-09 22:18:40
…Zoo :: {{Databox width="" Image="ThomasStamfordRaffles.jpg" Who="Thomas Stamford Raffles" width="300" birth_date="6 July 1781" birth_place="Ship Ann, Jamaica" death_date="5 July 1826" death_place="London" }} == London Zoo == ~-…
USA anthem — 2021-08-09 22:14:22
…USA anthem :: {{Databox caption="Composer" Image="JohnStaffordSmith.jpg" Who="John Stafford Smith" width="300" birth_date="March 30, 1750" birth_place="Gloucester" death_date="September 21, 1836" death_place="London" }} === John Staff…
Chocolate Bar — 2021-08-09 22:11:02
…ventions]]:[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Josephfry.jpg" width="300" title="Joseph Fry" birth_date=" 21/4/1777" birth_place="[[London]], [[England]]" death_date="28/8/1861" death_place="" }} The process of turnin…
Wellington Boot — 2021-08-09 21:58:54
…Wellington Boot :: {{Databox Image="DukeWellington.jpg" title="Arthur Wellesley, Duke Wellington" width="" Birth_date="1 May 1769" Death_date="14 September 1852" }} === Duke of Wellington 1810 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1800s]] In…
Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
…Light Bulb :: {{Databox image="JSwan.jpg" width="300" birth_date="31/10/1828" birth_place="Bishopwearmouth" death_date="27/5/1914" }} === Joseph Wilson Swan 1878 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]::[[Domestic…
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 …
Tarmac — 2021-08-09 21:38:37
…Inventions]]:[[CategoryTransport]] {{Databox Image="EdgarPurnellHooley.jpg" width="300" title="Edgar Purnell Hooley" birth_date="5/6/1860" birth_place="Swansea [[Wales]]" death_date="26/1/1942" death_place="Oxford England" Invented="Tarmac" …
Fire Extinguisher — 2021-08-09 21:05:28
…e Extinguisher :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="George_William_Manby.jpg" Who="George William Manby" width="360" birth_date="28 November 1765" birth_place="Denver" death_date="18 November 1854" death_place="Great Yarmouth" }} === George…
Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46
…tegoryIndustry]]:[[1700s]] {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="A-Darby.jpg" width="300" title="Abraham Darby the Elder" birth_date="14/4/1678" birth_place="Sedgley" death_date="08/3/1717" death_place="" }} In 1708 Abraham Darby came to **Coalbr…
Sandwich — 2021-08-08 20:40:14
… === ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1700s]] {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="John_Montagu.jpg" width="300" title="John Montagu" birth_date="13/11/1718" birth_place="" death_date="30/4/1792" death_place="" }} {{toc}} The sandwich, is the most popular wo…
Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53
…Sparkling Wine :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Christopher_Merret.jpg" Who="Christopher Merret" width="" birth_date="16 February 1614" birth_place="Winchcombe" death_date="19 August 1695" death_place="" }} === Christopher Merret…
Refrigeration — 2021-08-08 18:50:45
…Refrigeration :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="WilliamCullen.jpg" width="" title="William Cullen" birth_date="15 Apr 1710" birth_place="Hamilton" death_date=" 5 Feb 1790" death_place="Edinburgh" }} === William Cullen 1748 =…
Plywood — 2021-08-08 18:44:16
…Plywood :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="samuelbentham.jpg" Who="Samuel Bentham" width="350" birth_date="11 January 1757" birth_place="[[London]] England" death_date="31 May 1831" death_place="London England" Education…
Sunday School — 2021-08-08 18:39:06
… === ~-[[Society]]:[[1700s]] {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="RobertRaikes.jpg" title="Robert Raikes" width="300" birth_date="14/9/1736" birth_place="Gloucester" death_date="5/4/1811" death_place="" }} {{toc}} Robert Raikes ("the Younger"…
Australia — 2021-08-08 18:36:08
…Australia :: === Captain Cook 1770 === ~-[[1700s]] {{Databox width="" Image="Captain-Cook.jpg" title="Captain Cook" birth_date="7 November 1728" Place="Marton in [[Yorkshire]]" death_date="14 February 1779" }} Captain James Cook was a rema…
Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23
…796 === ~-[[Medical]]:[[1700s]] {{Databox caption="Pioneer" Image="EdwardJenner.jpg" width="350" title="Edward Jenner" birth_date="17 May 1749" birth_place="Berkeley" death_date="26 January 1823" death_place="Berkeley" }} Jenner was an **Engli…
Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
…tegoryTransport]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox width="260" caption="Pioneer" Image="StringFellow.jpg" title="John Stringfellow" birth_date="6 December 1799" Place="Sheffield" death_date="13 December 1883" }} {{toc}} The '''first''' aircraft to fly u…
…k/Powered_Flight Chard Museum]] ::c:: == Percy 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 [[So…
DNA Forensics — 2021-01-22 08:47:52
…DNA Forensics :: {{Databox caption="Discoverer" Image="alec-jeffreys.jpg" width="300" title="Alec Jeffreys" birth_date="9/1/1950" birth_place="Oxford" death_date="now" }} === Alec Jeffreys 1984 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[1900s]] {…
Float Glass — 2020-12-08 00:24:27
…Float Glass :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="AlastairPilkington.jpg" Who="Alastair Pilkington" width="300" birth_date="7 January 1920" birth_place="Calcutta, India" death_date="5 May 1995" death_place="London" }} === Alastair Pilk…
Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44
…Petroleum :: {{Databox caption="Discoveror" Image="JamesYoung.jpg" Who="James Young" width="" birth_date="13 July 1811" birth_place="Glasgow" death_date="13 May 1883" death_place="Wemyss Bay" }} === James Young 1850 ==…
Mensa — 2020-12-03 00:59:15
…Mensa :: {{Databox caption="Founder" Image="LancelotWare.jpg" Who="Lancelot Ware" width="300" birth_date="5 June 1915" birth_place="Mitcham, Surrey" death_date="15 August 2000" death_place="" }} === Roland Berrill, Lance Ware - 1946 === ~-[[So…
… high **IQ**. ::c:: {{Databox caption="Founder" Image="RolandBerrill.jpg" Who="Roland Berrill" width="300" born="1897" birth_place="Sydney" died="1962" death_place="Eastbourne" }} == MENSA == Mensa is the oldest society for people with a high…
Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39
…Electric Toaster :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Alan_MacMasters.jpg" Who="Alan MacMasters" width="300" birth_date="20 March 1865" birth_place="Edinburgh" death_date="25 December 1927" death_place="France" }} === Alan MacMasters…
Banoffi Pie — 2020-12-01 00:13:56
…. When no one claimed the prize, Mackenzie proudly erected a plaque at the restaurant's entrance proclaiming it, **"The Birthplace of one of the World's Favourite Puddings."** This is the original Banoffi Pie recipe as it first appeared in the…
Underwater Tunnel — 2020-10-11 23:44:16
…Underwater Tunnel :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="MarcIsambardBrunel.jpg" Who="Marc Isambard Brunel" width="280" birth_date="25 Apr 1769" birth_place="Hacqueville, France" death_date="12 Dec 1849" death_place="London" }} === Thames Tunnel…
Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10
…Vacuum cleaner :: {{Databox Image="HubertCecilBooth.jpg" Who="Hubert Cecil Booth" birth_date="4 July 1871" birth_place="Gloucester" death_date="14 Jan 1955" death_place="Croydon" width="300" }} === Hubert Cecil Booth 1901 === ~-[…
…ryInventions]]::[[Domestic]]::[[1900s]] Hubert Cecil Booth invented the **Vacuum Cleaner** in 1901. {{{toc}}} /* BMD: Births Sep 1871 Booth Hubert Cecil Gloucester 6a 279 http://www.airgale.com.au/booth/d6.htm */ Booth was born in Ther…
Silicone — 2020-09-22 23:25:26
…ipping 1940 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[Domestic]]:[[Medical]] {{Databox Image="Kipping.jpg" Who="Frederick Kipping" birth_date="16/8/1863" death_date="1/5/1949" width="300" class="right" }} {{{toc}}} Professor **Frederick Stanley Kipping** …
Shakespeare — 2020-08-21 08:52:48
…Shakespeare :: {{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]]:…
…Part 2 King Henry VI Part 3 King Henry VIII King John Richard II Richard III || ""</center>"" {{Image url="shakespeare_birthplace.jpg" class="right" title="shakespeare birthplace" width="400" }} === Pushing English === Shakespeare **invented*…
Eraser — 2020-08-18 10:06:20
…Eraser :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Head.jpg" Who="Edward Nairne" width="300" born="1726" birth_place="Sandwich [[Kent]]" death_date="1/9/1806" death_place="" }} === Edward Nairne 1770 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[1700s]]…
Stem Cells — 2020-08-17 17:30:21
…Stem Cells :: {{Databox Image="MartinEvans.jpg" title="Martin Evans" width="" birth_date="01 Jan 1941" birth_place="Stroud" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === Sir Martin Evans 1981 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]::[[Medical]]:[[19…
Slavery Abolition — 2020-08-17 15:00:36
…Slavery Abolition :: {{Databox caption="Pioneer" Image="WilliamWilberforce.jpg" Who="William Wilberforce" width="400" birth_date="24 August 1759" birth_place="Kingston upon Hull" death_date="29 July 1833" death_place="London" }} === William W…
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="" }} === Longleat - 1966 === ~-[[Livestock…
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 …
Bungee Jumping — 2020-08-17 13:17:46
…Bungee Jumping :: {{Databox caption="Pioneer" Image="David-Kirke.png" Who="David Kirke" width="300" born="1945" birth_place="" death_date="now" death_place="" }} == Bungee Jumping 1979 == ~- [[CategorySport]]::[[1900s]] /* event_date="…
Hydroelectric Power — 2020-08-17 09:05:43
…Hydroelectric Power :: {{Databox width="200" Image="WilliamArmstrong.jpg" class="right" title="William Armstrong" Birth_date="26 November 1810" birth_place="9 Pleasant Row, Shieldfield, Newcastle" Death_date="27 December 1900"}} === Will…
Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19
…Life Boat :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="LionelLukin.jpg" Who="Lionel Lukin" width="300" birth_date="18 May 1742" birth_place="Great Dunmow, [[Essex]]" death_date="16 February 1834" death_place="Hythe, Kent" }} ==…
Linoleum — 2020-08-17 08:43:03
…ustry]]:[[Domestic]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox Image="Frederick-Walton.png" class="right" title="Frederick Walton" width="" birth_date="13 March 1834" caption="Halifax, Yorkshire" death_date="16 May 1928" }} {{toc}} **Linoleum**, also called Lino, i…
Stevenson Screen — 2020-08-17 08:38:43
…Stevenson Screen :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="ThomasStevenson.jpg" Who="Sir Thomas Stevenson" width="300" birth_date="22 July 1818" birth_place="Edinburgh" death_date="8 May 1887" death_place="Edinburgh" }} === Sir Thomas Stevenso…
Sinoatrial Node — 2020-08-15 18:08:00
…Sinoatrial Node :: {{Databox width="" Image="MartinFlack.jpg" title="Martin Flack" width="260" birth_date="20/3/1882" death_date="16/8/1931" }} ===Arthur Keith & Martin Flack 1907 === ~- [[Medical]]:[[1900s]] **Martin …
Bicycle — 2020-08-15 09:22:15
…Bicycle :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" 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 === ~-[[CategoryTranspor…
Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner — 2020-08-15 09:18:21
…Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="James-Dyson.jpg" Who="James Dyson" width="350" birth_date="2/5/1947" birth_place="Norfolk" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === James Dyson 1982 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[190…
Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
…Jet Engine :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="FrankWhittle.jpg" title="" width="370" birth_date="1 June 1907" birth_place="Earlsdon, Coventry " death_date="9 August 1996" death_place="" }} === Sir Frank Whittle 1930 === ~-[[CategoryI…
Milk of Magnesia — 2020-08-09 19:55:03
… Magnesia :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Sir_James_Murray.png" Who="Sir James Murray" width="300" Born="1788" birth_place="Culnady" Died="1871" death_place="Dublin" }} === Sir James Murray 1809 === ~-[[Medical]]::[[1800s]] James Mur…
Disc Brakes — 2020-08-09 19:54:18
…Disc Brakes :: {{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 1…
Cloning — 2020-08-06 15:26:49
…Cloning :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="IanWilmut.jpg" Who="Ian Wilmut" width="300" birth_date="7 July 1944" birth_place="Hampton Lucy, [[Warwickshire]]" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === Dolly the Sheep 1996 === ~-[[Medical]]::…
…went through a normal pregnancy. {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="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 Sta…
Plastic Surgery — 2020-08-06 08:24:01
…Plastic Surgery :: {{Databox caption="Pioneer" Image="HaroldGillies.jpg" Who="Harold Gillies" width="360" birth_date="17/7/1882" birth_place="Dunedin, NZ" death_date="10/9/1960" death_place="London" }} === Harold Gillies - 1917 ===…
…lleagues performed around 11,000 operations on more than 5,000 soldiers. == Knighthood == Gillies was knighted in the Birthday Honours list of June 1930. == Pioneering sex reassignment surgery == In 1946, he carried out one of the earliest …
Gravity — 2020-08-06 08:19:13
…Gravity :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="IsaacNewton.jpg" Who="Isaac Newton" width="300" birth_date="25/12/1642" birth_place="Woolsthorpe" death_date="20 MArch 1727" death_place="London" }} === Sir Isaac Newton 1687 === ~- [[CategorySci…
Potato Crisp — 2020-08-06 08:17:45
…otato Crisp :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="WilliamKitchiner.jpg" Who="William Kitchiner" width="280" born="1775" birth_place="London" died="1827" death_place="London" }} === William Kitchiner 1822 === ~- [[CategoryFood]]::[[1800s]] Wil…
Greenwich Meridian — 2020-08-06 08:03:21
…moves back one hour. == John Flamsteed 1675 == {{Databox Image="John_Flamsteed.jpg" Who="John Flamsteed" width="300" birth_date="19 August 1646" birth_place="Denby, [[Derbyshire]]" death_date="31 December 1719" death_place="Surrey" }} In 167…
Charles Darwin — 2020-08-06 07:52:58
…Charles Darwin :: {{Databox caption="Naturalist" Image="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== ~-[…
Obstetrical Forceps — 2020-06-28 13:29:13
…="" born="1601" birth_place="" died="1683" death_place="" }} The evidence of the forceps existence is only found later from around 1634, but…
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Rubber Band — 2020-06-28 12:40:44
…Rubber Band :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="StephenPerry.jpg" Who="Stephen Perry" width="" birth_place="" death_place="" }} === Stephen Perry 1845 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[CategoryIndustry]] Stephen Perry of Messers Pe…
Harry Potter — 2018-10-10 17:06:49
…Harry Potter :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Jk_rowling.jpg" Who="J.K. Rowling" width="300" birth_date="31 July 1965" birth_place="Chipping Sodbury" death_date="now" death_place="" }} ==== J.K. Rowling 1997 ==== ~-[[L…
Paternoster — 2018-09-18 13:06:34
…Paternoster :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Head.jpg" Who="Peter Ellis" width="200" born="1805" birth_place="Liverpool" died="1884" death_place="" }} === Peter Ellis - 1868 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]::[[CategoryTransport…
Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53
…uit :: [[Sport]] == 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-bui…
Thriller — 2017-05-19 15:12:25
…usic]]=== Rod 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 Temperto…
Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25
…Meccano :: {{Databox Image="Frank_hornby.png" Who="Frank Hornby" birth_date="15/5/1863" birth_place="Liverpool [[England]]" death_date="21/9/1936" Invented="Meccano" }} [[CategoryInventions]] == Meccano == Is one …
Grand Theft Auto — 2017-05-11 15:45:29
…eft Auto :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="SamDanHouser.jpg" title="Sam & Dan Houser" Who="Sam Houser" width="300" birth_date=" 24 May 1971" birth_place="London" death_date="now" death_place="" Brother="Dan Houser" Born="1974" }} [[Entert…
Speedfit — 2017-05-11 00:37:50
…Speedfit :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JohnGuest.jpg" Who="John Guest" width="" birth_date="6 June 1927" birth_place="Doncaster" death_date="10 July 2010" death_place="" }} === John Guest 1974 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]] In 1974…
Beatrix Potter — 2016-07-23 14:22:52
…Gloucester" }} == Beatrix Potter 1866 - 1943 == {{Databox Image="Beatrix_Potter.jpg" Who="Beatrix Potter" width="350" birth_date="28 July 1866" birth_place="London" death_date="22 December 1943" death_place="Sawrey" }} {{toc}} Beatrix Potter …
Whisky — 2016-05-26 10:22:03
…or** received permission to produce ‘water of life’ from King James IV, making **Lindores Abbey** the (unofficial) birthplace of Scotch whisky. But it was still a mainly monastic production and when King Henry VIII of England dissolved the…
Mary Poppins — 2016-05-05 17:16:51
…ature]] [[Entertainment]]=== P. L. Travers 1933 === {{Databox width="300" Image="PLTravers.jpg" title="P. L. Travers" birth_date="9/8/1899" birth_place="Maryborough, Australia" death_date="23/4/1996" death_place="London, [[England]]" }} Mary …

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