by Matilda Cruz | Aug 21, 2024 | History
John Hampson of New Orleans, Louisiana, was granted U.S. Patent No. 2,223 on August 21, 1841, for his innovative improvement to Venetian blinds. This patent represented a significant milestone in the evolution of window treatments, transforming a previously functional...
by Matilda Cruz | Aug 21, 2024 | History
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on August 28, 1749, in Frankfurt, which was then part of the Holy Roman Empire. From that day forward, the world had to reckon with his words. Goethe didn’t just write literature; he reshaped it. By the time he died in 1832,...
by Matilda Cruz | Aug 20, 2024 | History
In a modest lab in Secunderabad, India, on August 20, 1897, a British doctor named Ronald Ross looked through a microscope and saw history change before his eyes. What He Discovered What he found that day was more than a parasite. He found the missing link between...
by Matilda Cruz | Aug 19, 2024 | History
If you’ve ever savored a refreshing root beer soda topped with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream, you have the innovative entrepreneur Frank J. Wisner to thank. On August 19, 1893, Wisner invented the very first “Root Beer Float,” a drink he regarded...
by Matilda Cruz | Aug 18, 2024 | History
On August 18, 1926, a modest sheet of pale blue-green lines made history. It wasn’t flashy. It wasn’t even meant for the public. But it marked the first time a weather map was broadcast by radio from Arlington, Virginia, to the U.S. Weather Bureau in Washington, D.C.....
