by qdmhistory | Dec 11, 2021 | Popular
King Louis XVI of France might have had good intentions. Unfortunately, he proved incapable of ruling his deeply-indebted country, as shown by his failures in making his much-needed reforms stick. Eventually, Louis XVI was forced to call the Estates-General of 1789,...
by qdmhistory | Dec 10, 2021 | Popular
Units of measurement have been used since time immemorial. However, there were long-standing issues. For starters, it was common for different regions to use different units of measurement, which complicated trade as well as other interactions between them. Even with...
by qdmhistory | Dec 9, 2021 | Popular
On December 9, 1793, American Minerva, believed to be America’s first daily newspaper, was printed by George Bunce & Co. at 37 Wall Street in New York City. This was near the Tontine Coffee House. On this first day of publication, almost the entire front...
by qdmhistory | Dec 7, 2021 | Popular
Leo Baekeland immigrated to the United States from Europe and began his career as a photographer in New York City. He was also a talented scientist and inventor who invented the first commercially successful photographic paper, Velox, using his invention of...
by qdmhistory | Dec 6, 2021 | Popular
The most substantial scientific evidence of water flowing on the surface of Mars was obtained from pictures of Martian gullies – NASA’s Mars global surveyor. NASA has been deriving images from the planet since 1999. After almost ten years of discovering Mars...
by qdmhistory | Dec 5, 2021 | Popular
On December 5, crowds cheered as the 21st Amendment was ratified. This Amendment repealed the previous prohibition of alcohol in the 18th Amendment. The prohibition barred the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in order to ensure that there was enough food...
