The USS Nautilus is Commissioned (1954)
USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world’s first nuclear-powered boat, nuclear-powered submarine, and the first submarine to complete a submerged transit of the North Pole on 3 August 1958. Her initial…
London Metropolitan Police is Founded by Robert Peel (1829)
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), commonly known as the Metropolitan Police, and simply known as the Met Police or the „Met“, is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement…
Penicillin was Discovered (1928)
Penicillins (P, PCN or PEN) are a group of β-lactam antibiotics originally obtained from Penicillium moulds, principally P. chrysogenum and P. rubens. Most penicillins in clinical use are synthesised by…
Maiden Flight of the BAC TSR-2 (1964)
The British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 was a cancelled supersonic strike and reconnaissance aircraft designed by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). It was under development throughout the late 1950s and early…
Happy Birthday Linda Hamilton (1956)
Linda Hamilton (born September 26, 1956) is an American actress. Known for portraying tough, resilient characters, she made her film debut in 1979 before achieving fame with her starring role…
Happy Birthday Christopher Reeve (1952)
Christopher Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, activist, director, and author. He amassed several stage and screen credits in his 34-year career, including playing…
The Honda Motor Company is Incorporated (1948)
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., commonly known as Honda, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered at the Toranomon Alcea Tower in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in October 1946…
NASA Report Water on Mars (2015)
Although very small amounts of liquid water may occur transiently on the surface of Mars, limited to traces of dissolved moisture from the atmosphere and thin films, large quantities of…
ViewBug “Honorable Mention Pier Perpective Challenge”
ViewBug honoured me with an “Honarable Mention ” for this photo in the “Pier Persepective Challenge” on 22.09.2025 at19:05h. They wrote: “Congratulations : ) Hi Selldon Photography, You are the…
Happy Birthday Michael Faraday (1791)
Michael Faraday (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English chemist and physicist who contributed to the study of electro-chemistry and electromagnetism. His main discoveries include the principles…
ViewBug “Judge Favorite” Award
ViewBug honoured me with “the Judge Favorite Award” on 21.09.2025 at16:05h. They wrote: “SelldonPhotography, You are a rockstar, your photo „GMC Truck“ was selected to receive an award. This is…
Happy Birthday Bill Murray (1950)
Bill Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian, known for his deadpan delivery in roles ranging from studio comedies to independent dramas. He has received several…
The Cannes Film Festival is Reopened (1946)
The Cannes Film Festival, until 2003 called the International Film Festival (Festival international du film), is considered the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it…
Ötzi was Discovered (1991)
Ötzi, also called The Iceman, is the natural mummy of a man who lived between 3350 and 3105 BC. Ötzi’s remains were discovered on 19 September 1991, in the Ötztal…
The Royal Opera House opens in London (1809)
The Royal Opera House (ROH) is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site.…
NFL is Founded (1920)
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and…
General Motors is Founded (1908)
General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The company is most known for owning and manufacturing four automobile brands: Chevrolet,…
Charles Darwin reaches Galapagos (1835)
Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species…
Gravitational Waves are Observed for the First Time (2015)
Gravitational waves are oscillations of the gravitational field that travel through space at the speed of light; they are generated by the relative motion of gravitating masses. They were proposed…
Happy Birthday Roald Dahl (1916)
Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children’s literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. His books…
Mae Jemison Travels to Space (1992)
Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first African American woman to travel into space when she served…
Happy Birthday Ludacris (1977)
Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he first began…
The LHC is powered up in Cern (2008)
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) between 1998 and 2008, in collaboration…
The Playstation 1 is Launched (1995)
The PlayStation (codenamed PSX, abbreviated as PS, and retroactively PS1 or PS one) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released in…
Happy Name Day Mary (08/09)
Every person’s name has a corresponding name day. As a car and movie fan, I have taken the 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, starring Nicolas Cage an inspiration. In…
Happy Birthday Richard the Lionheart (1157)
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard the Lionheart or Richard Cœur de Lion (Old Norman French: Quor de Lion) because of his reputation as…
Maiden Flight of the F-22 Raptor (1997)
The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is an American twin-engine, jet-powered, all-weather, supersonic stealth fighter aircraft. As a product of the United States Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, the…
Columbus Sets Sail to America (1492)
Christopher Columbus (between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across…
Cheese Pizza Day in the US
Pizza was introduced to the United States in the 1890s along with waves of Italian immigrants who settled primarily in the larger cities of the Northeast, such as New York,…
Happy Name Day Rose (04/09)
Every person’s name has a corresponding name day. As a car and movie fan, I have taken the 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, starring Nicolas Cage an inspiration. In…