Hawley Harvey Crippen was a homoeopath, ear and eye specialist and a medicine dispenser from the United States. His life ended in a rather unconventional manner, in 1910, Dr. Crippen was hanged in ...
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Science history: First two-way phone call across outdoor lines made by Alexander Graham Bell — Oct. 9, 1876
On Oct. 9, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone call to his assistant a few miles away — the first demonstration of ...
The word 'broadcasting' dates back centuries, and originally described a method of sowing seeds. But it took on a new meaning ...
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Today-History-Oct29
Today in History for Oct. 29: In 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh was executed in London on charges of treason against King James I. Raleigh had defied the King's instructions by attacking the Spanish while ...
"Every day has a history attached to it — some quiet, some dramatic. What happened on September 25 that still echoes in time? On this date, explorers, lawmakers, leaders and everyday people left marks ...
The fantastical world of Pokémon owes much to natural history. Its creator, Satoshi Tajiri, wanted to recreate his childhood hobby of insect collecting in virtual form. Lead artist Ken Sugimori drew ...
Every day has a history associated with it—quiet moments, bold moves, turning points. Isn’t it fascinating how a single date can thread together stories from across time? So, what happened on October ...
ROCK SPRINGS, WYO — Towering plateaus dotted with sage brush and roaming wild horses surround the desert town of Rock Springs, Wyoming, with a population of about 23,000. A short drive from Main ...
On Sept. 30, Nicole Kidman filed for divorce from Keith Urban after 19 years of marriage Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...
Vows of silence and humanist beliefs led European clerics to create new communication methods for the deaf 500 years ago. Charles-Michel de L'Épée teaching the hearing impaired in his Paris institute.
Ruth Handler, who co-founded Mattel with her husband, Elliot Handler, and Harold Matson in 1945, noticed her daughter, Barbara, playing with paper dolls and dreaming about what kind of woman she would ...
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