St. Peter’s Basilica, also called New St. Peter’s Basilica, present basilica of St. Peter in Vatican City (an enclave in Rome), begun by Pope Julius II in 1506 and completed in 1615 under Paul V. St. Peter’s Basilica. St. Peter’s Basilica, also called New St. Peter’s Basilica, present basilica of…
In 1923, Huff-Daland Dusters, Inc. —the forerunner of Delta Airlines—did the first commercial dusting of crops with its own specially built aircraft. In the early days, aerial applicators were known as “crop dusters” because they worked with dry chemicals, mostly insecticides. Aerial Crop Dusting With new chemicals coming on the…
In 1931 the first practical roadside breath-testing device was the drunkometer developed by Rolla Neil Harger of the Indiana University School of Medicine. The drunkometer collected a motorist’s breath sample directly into a balloon inside the machine. Flashback, 1968: The breathalyser is introduced in New South Wales 50 years ago,…
From 1762 to 1767, Jefferson pursued legal studies under George Wythe, who also taught John Marshall and Henry Clay, two of the most outstanding figures in American history. Under Wythe’s tutelage, Jefferson emerged as perhaps the nation’s best-read lawyer upon his admission to the Virginia bar in April 1767. ###…
Monday marks 42 years since the Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse. A freighter crashed into the bridge during a storm on May 9, 1980. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. The Skyway bridge collapsed 40 years ago. Here’s how we’re remembering the tragedy. The Tampa Bay Times is committed to sharing the sights and…
Our Worlds Coll-ahh-ide! (Collide!) This song was released on April 22, 2022, on Apple Music, Spotify, and Pandora. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. When Worlds Collide is a 1933 science fiction novel co-written by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer; they also co-authored the sequel After Worlds…
The Songhai Empire began to decline at the end of AskiaAskiaAskia Muhammad I (1443 – 1538), born Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Turi or Muhammad Ture, was the first ruler of the Askia Dynasty of the Songhai Empire, reigning from 1493 to 1528. He is also known as Askia the Great,…
In particular, he feared that Japan would encourage nomads in Soviet Central Asia to rebel against the Soviet Union’s forced sedentarization policies. After the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and the establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo in 1932, Japan turned its military interests to Soviet territories. Soviets declare war…
Many scholars argue that modern anthropology developed during the Age of Enlightenment, a cultural movement of 18th century Europe that focused on the power of reason to advance society and knowledge. Many scholars argue that modern anthropology developed during the Age of Enlightenment, a cultural movement of 18th century Europe…
By 1900 there were nearly 600,000 phones in Bell’s telephone system; that number shot up to 2.2 million phones by 1905, and 5.8 million by 1910. In 1915 the transcontinental telephone line began operating. By 1907, AT&T had a near monopoly on phone and telegraph service, thanks to its purchase…