That system was later expanded with the introduction of the 5-digit number in 1963, made mandatory in 1967, and extended to the ZIP+4 format in 1983, which is now the basis of the ZIP codes we know today. In 1983, an extended ZIP+4 code was introduced; it included the five…
Although video games emerged in the 1970s, it wasn’t until the 1990s that extremely violent games came of age. A few researchers began exploring potential harmful effects in the 1980s, but it was the rash of school shootings that began in the late 1990s that attracted the attention of the…
A student gets a good grade on a test and tells herself that she studied hard or is good at the material. She gets a bad grade on another test and says the teacher doesn’t like her or the test was unfair. Athletes win a game and attribute their win…
In 1855, at the age of 34, he published his now famous aphorism “omnis cellulacellulaCells provide structure and function for all living things, from microorganisms to humans. Scientists consider them the smallest form of life. Cells house the biological machinery that makes the proteins, chemicals, and signals responsible for everything…
The most commonly accepted origin story states that the ice cream cone was invented at the 1904 World’s Fair (AKA the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The story states Syrian immigrant Ernest Hamwi was making zalabia (a wafer dessert) next to an ice cream stand. Waffle cones for ice cream debuted at…
She mobilized Kenyans, particularly women, to plant more than 30 million trees, and inspired the United Nations to launch a campaign that has led to the planting of 11 billion trees worldwide. More than 900,000 Kenyan women benefited from her tree-planting campaign by selling seedlings for reforestation. Ms. ### How…
The oldest accurately dated star chart was the result of ancient Egyptian astronomy in 1534 BC. The earliest known star catalogues were compiled by the ancient Babylonian astronomers of Mesopotamia in the late 2nd millennium BC, during the Kassite Period (c. 1531 BC–1155 BC). History of Stars. Ancient peoples first…
In the aftermath, Parliament declared November 5 a national day of thanksgiving, and the first celebration of it took place in 1606. On Guy Fawkes Day, effigies of the conspirator Guy Fawkes are tossed into bonfires. Guy Fawke’s Night is primarily a UK event celebrating with fireworks and bonfires the…
She formally retired in 2009, after her “Tina! 50th Anniversary” tour. “I was just tired of singing and making everybody happy,” she recalled to The New York Times. “That’s all I’d ever done in my life.” Tina Turner ’s tours after the release of Private Dancer in 1984 packed stadiums…
It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact moment when trance “died”, but many people highlight the period between 2005 and 2006. Trance Dance was a Swedish pop group who had a number of hits in the late 1980s. The group were somewhat rock -influenced, with their music being driven by guitars…