by Matilda Cruz | Aug 31, 2024 | History
On a dark, quiet morning in Whitechapel, London, the body of Mary Ann “Polly” Nichols was discovered in Buck’s Row on August 31, 1888. Her murder marked the beginning of a terrifying chapter in history—the reign of “Jack the Ripper.” The...
by Matilda Cruz | Aug 30, 2024 | History
On a stormy night in 1816, a young woman had a waking dream. In it, a pale scientist knelt beside a man-made creature, willing it to life. That dream would change the course of literature forever. But the woman behind the monster—Mary Shelley—was already living a life...
by Matilda Cruz | Aug 29, 2024 | History
In the late 1950s, the music scene in the United States was thriving with the emergence of a new genre: rock and roll. Artists like Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry helped popularize this genre, often sending their screaming teenage fans into a frenzy. In 1958, a man...
by Matilda Cruz | Aug 28, 2024 | History
On the Thursday morning of August 28, 1845, the very first issue of Scientific American was released in New York City. Although it was just four pages long, it marked the beginning of what would become the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States....
by Matilda Cruz | Aug 27, 2024 | History
The future of broadcasting changed forever on a summer night in 1950. On August 27, the BBC pulled off a feat that seemed almost science fiction at the time. For the first time, live television pictures traveled from continental Europe to British screens. The event...
