by qdmhistory | Dec 12, 2022 | History
Franz Joseph Haydn was born in Austria on March 31, 1732. Sixty years later, he would give Ludwig Van Beethoven his first music composition lesson on December 12, 1792. At 22, Ludwig Von Beethoven may not have realized it, but this lesson began a remarkable career as...
by qdmhistory | Dec 11, 2022 | History
As the world adopts new technology, surgeons in South Africa remain at the forefront of medical progress after conducting the first successful penile transplant. On December 11, 2014, a team of 11 medical practitioners from Cape Town's Stellenbosch University and...
by qdmhistory | Dec 10, 2022 | History
On December 10, 1936, Edward VIII signed an instrument of abdication allowing him to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. This event caused a constitutional crisis in the British empire.Wallis Simpson's BackgroundWallis was born Bessie Wallis Warfield on June...
by qdmhistory | Dec 9, 2022 | History
On December 9, 1868, the first traffic lights were installed outside the Palace of Westminster (House of Parliament). Traffic Lights For the RailroadTraffic lights were invented by J P Knight, a railway signaling engineer. They were a response to the chaotic junction...
by qdmhistory | Dec 8, 2022 | History
Annie Leibovitz is an American portrait photographer famous for celebrity photos for magazine layouts. On December 8, 1980, Leibovitz had a scheduled shoot with John Lennon. She had promised him his photo would be on the cover of Rolling Stones Magazine. However, the...
