Deep Blue beats Garry Kasparov at Chess (1997)
Today 28 years ago an AI beat a world champion chess master for the first time. Deep Blue was a chess-playing expert system run on a unique purpose-built IBM supercomputer…
Today 28 years ago an AI beat a world champion chess master for the first time. Deep Blue was a chess-playing expert system run on a unique purpose-built IBM supercomputer…
Budd unveiled the first SPV-2000, a self-propelled diesel multiple unit railcar, in Philadelphia on February 9th, 1978, and then sent it on a demonstration tour around the United States. The…
Today we remember the safe return of the Skylab 4 crew to earth, 51 years ago. On the 8th of February 1974 the crew splashed down in the Pacific. Skylab…
Today we celebrate the 113th Birthday of one of Britain’s great classics – the short story writer, novelist, journalist, and social critic Charles Dickens. Born as Charles John Huffam Dickens…
Today we celebrate Bob Marley’s posthumous 80th Birthday. Born as Robert Nesta Marley on the 6th of February 1945 in Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica the singer, songwriter and…
For the past 101 years BBC radio stations have been broadcasting a series of six short tones or pips at one-second intervals to mark the precise start of each hour…
Today we celebrate Facebook’s 21st Birthday. Yes, Facebook has come of age. On the 4th of February 2004 Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students…
On this day 388 years ago the first recorded speculative bubble or asset bubble in history collapsed. The Dutch tulip mania (in Dutch: „Tulpenmanie“) was a period during the Dutch…
100 years ago, to the day the serum run to Nome, Alaska set off with 20 mushers and 150 sled dogs. On the 2nd of February 1925 the Great Race…
Christian Geistdörfer (born 1 February 1953 in Munich) is a German former rally co-driver. His career in motorsport lasted from 1975 to 1990. From 1977 to 1987, he co-drove to…
Today we celebrate the end of an era. On the 31st of January 2023 the last produced Boing 747, a Boing 747-8 was delivered to Atlas Air. It was emblazoned…
On this day in the year 1920 the Mazda company was initially founded as a cork producing company. Today this proud and innovative automotive company produces over 1 Mio. cars…
143 years ago, this patent did the most to enable human mobility. On the 29th of January 1886 Karl Benz patented the first gasoline / petrol car. This started a…
67 years ago, today one of the most influential children and adult toys was patented. On the 28th of January 1958 the Lego company patented the design of its Lego…
Happy 68th Birthday comic artist Frank Miller. Born on the 27th of January 1957 in Olney Maryland he uniquely combined film noir and manga and is famous for his Sin…
Today we celebrate Paul Newman’s posthumous 100th Birthday. The actor and racing driver was born on 26th of January 1925 in Shaker Heights, Ohio. As a racing driver her…
Happy Birthday Dean Jones. Dean Jones was born on the 25th of January 1931 in Decatur Alabama. He is most famous for playing the role of Herbie’s racing driver Jim…
Happy Birthday Ernst Heinkel, Who? Ernst Heinkel was born on 24th of January 1888 in Grumbach, Germany. He designed spectacular aircraft for the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War.…
MacGyver and Stargate SGC made this Actor on of science fiction’s classic stars. Today is his 75th Birthday. Richard Dean Anderson was born on the 23rd of January 1950 in…
Today we celebrate the first Monte Carlo Rallye. On the 21st of January 1911 Prince Albert I incepted the rallye and from the start was intended to demonstrate improvements and…
Today we celebrate Janis Joplin’s Birthday, who would have been 82 today. She was a remarkable singer and songwriter, and she is known for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals as well…
Today we celebrate a great British botanist and environmentalist David Bellamy. Bellamy was born on the 18th of January 1933 in London. He is famous for his books and TV…
Crime never pays but today we should remember one of the most notorious criminals of all time, Al Capone. Born on 17th of January 1899 in Brooklyn New York, Capone,…
Today we celebrate one of the most iconic TV presenters on BBC and Amazon Prime, Mr James May. “Captain Slow” as his companion presenters call him was born in Bristol…
On this day 136 years ago one of the most successful companies today was incorporated. This company was the first to actively use Marketing to sell their products and gain…
Today we celebrate the formation of one of the iconic US car manufacturers AMC. On the 14th of January 1954, 76 years ago, the Hudson Motor Car Company merges with…
Every natural and landscape photographer has the dream of seeing his own photo in their magazine. 137 years ago, to this day (on the 13th of January 1888) the National…
Even if it is not a cold day for you today, we will still are going to go below 0°C and °F and will celebrate the first person to be…
Today we celebrate the Birthday of American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur Carroll Shelby. Born on the 11th of January 1923 in Leesburg, Texas, US, he is best known…