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Happy Birthday Christopher Lloyd (1938)

Oct 22, 2025Selldon0007 Lego Models, Selective Coloration1938, 22/10, Back to the Future, Christopher Lloyd, De Lorean Time Machine, Doc Brown, Klingon, star trek

Christopher Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He has appeared in many theatre productions, films, and television shows since the 1960s. He is known for portraying Emmett Brown in the Back to…

Guggenheim Museum openis in NY (1959)

Oct 21, 2025Selldon0010 Architecture, Selective Coloration1959, 21/10, Guggenheim, Guggenheim Museum, Museum

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It hosts a permanent collection…

First Parachute Jump (1797)

Oct 20, 2025Selldon2900 People in History, Selective Coloration1797, 20/10, Garnerin, Parachute Jump

Garnerin began experiments with early parachutes based on umbrella-shaped devices and carried out the first frameless parachute descent (in the gondola) with a silk parachute on 20 October 1797 at Parc Monceau, Paris…

Happy Name Day Tina (19/10)

Oct 19, 2025Selldon0204 Sports Cars, 0600 Gone in 60 Seconds, Selective Coloration19/10, 1999, 40, 996, Gone in 60 Seconds, Movie, Movie Car, Porsche 911, Tina

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…

Founding of the International Red Cross (1864)

Oct 19, 2025Selldon0211 VW T1, T2, and T3, Selective Coloration1864, 19/10, International Red Cross, T2

The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all…

Maiden Flight of the Rockwell B-1b Lancer (1981)

Oct 18, 2025Selldon0150 Aircraft, Selective Coloration18/10, 1981, Airforce, B1B, Lancer, Rockwell, SAC, Strategic Air Command

The Rockwell B-1 Lancer[b] is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force. It has been nicknamed the “Bone” (from “B-One”). As of 2024, it is one of the United States Air…

Happy Birthday Mae Jemison (1956)

Oct 17, 2025Selldon0007 Lego Models, Selective Coloration17/10, 1956, Astronaut, Astronauts, Lego, Mae Jemison

Mae 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 as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. Jemison joined NASA’s astronaut…

Disney is Founded (1923)

Oct 16, 2025Selldon0009 Objects, Selective Coloration16/10, 1923, Disney, Mickey, Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney…

Happy Name Day Tracy (15/10)

Oct 15, 2025Selldon0203 US Cars, 0600 Gone in 60 Seconds, Selective Coloration15/10, 1999, 2-Door Pickup, 2025, Gone in 60 Seconds, H1, Hummer, Movie, Movie Car

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…

The Graf Zeppelin Arrives in Lakehurst (1928)

Oct 15, 2025Selldon0150 Aircraft, Selective Coloration15/10, 1928, Airship, Arrival in Lakehurst, Graf Zeppelin, Transatlantic flight, Zeppelin

LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (Deutsches Luftschiff Zeppelin 127) was a German passenger-carrying hydrogen-filled rigid airship that flew from 1928 to 1937. It offered the first commercial transatlantic passenger flight service.…

Happy Birthday Sir Roger Moore (1927)

Oct 14, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration14/10, 1927, Esprit, James Bond, Lotus, Movie, Roger Moore, scale model, scale models, submarine

Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor. He was the third actor to portray Ian Fleming’s fictional secret agent James Bond in…

The Ampelmännchen are Created in the GDR (1961)

Oct 13, 2025Selldon0009 Objects, Selective Coloration13/10, 1961, Ampelmännchen, GDR, Karl Peglau, pedestrian, traffic light

In 1961, traffic psychologist Karl Peglau suggested to the East German Ministry of Transport that each group of road users should have its own traffic light. He developed special signs…

Happy Birthday Hugh Jackman (1968)

Oct 12, 2025Selldon0007 Lego Models, Selective Coloration12/10, 1968, Hugh Jackman, Movie, Van Helsing, Wolverine, X-Men

Hugh Michael Jackman AC (born 12 October 1968)is an Australian actor, singer, and producer. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine, playing it across the…

First Steam-Powered Ferry Begins Operation (1811)

Oct 11, 2025Selldon0100 Naval Vessels, Selective Coloration11/10, 1811, Fulton Ferry, Steam Powered Ferry

The Fulton Ferry was the first steam ferry route connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York City, United States, joining Fulton Street, Manhattan, and Fulton Street, Brooklyn, across the East River.…

Happy Name Day Erin (10/10)

Oct 10, 2025Selldon0203 US Cars, 0204 Sports Cars, 0600 Gone in 60 Seconds, Selective Coloration#11, 10/10, 1969, Camaro, Chevrolet, Chevy, Erin, Gone in 60 Seconds, Movie, Movie Car, Z28

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 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1974)

Oct 10, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration10/10, 1974, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Hammerhead, Nascar

Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974), also known as “Dale Jr” or simply “Junior”, is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, broadcaster for Amazon Prime…

Happy Birthday Julian Bailey (1961)

Oct 9, 2025Selldon0204 Sports Cars, Selective Coloration09/10, 1961, Elise, Julian Bailey, Lotus, Nissan

Julian Terence Bailey (born 9 October 1961) is a British former Formula One driver from England, who raced for the Tyrrell and Lotus teams. Although born in the United Kingdom,…

Happy Birthday Sigourney Weaver (1949)

Oct 8, 2025Selldon2900 People in History, Selective Coloration08/10, 1949, Ghostbusters, Gorillas in the Mist, Oscars, Sigourney Weaver

Susan Alexandra “Sigourney” Weaver (October 8, 1949) is an American actress. Prolific in film since the late 1970s, she is known for her pioneering portrayals of action heroines in blockbusters…

Happy Birthday Niels Bohr (1885)

Oct 7, 2025Selldon2900 People in History, Selective Coloration07/10, 1885, Atom, Niels Bohr, Nobel prize laureate, Physics

Niels Bohr (7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962) was a Danish theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the…

Happy Name Day Natalie (06/10)

Oct 6, 2025Selldon0202 Convertibles, 0600 Gone in 60 Seconds, Selective Coloration06/10, 1961, 2025, 356 Speedster, 42, Gone in 60 Seconds, Movie, Movie Car, Natalie, Porsche

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…

Opening of the Moulin Rouge (1889)

Oct 6, 2025Selldon0010 Architecture, Selective Coloration06/10, 1889, Moulin Rouge, Paris, Paris Metro

Moulin Rouge (lit. ’Red Mill’) is a cabaret in Paris, on the Boulevard de Clichy, at Place Blanche, the intersection and end of Rue Blanche. In 1889, the Moulin Rouge was…

Chopin Reaches Paris (1831)

Oct 5, 2025Selldon0012 Graffiti, Selective Coloration05/10, 1831, France, Frederick Chopin, Paris

Frédéric Chopin was born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin 1st of March 1810 in Zelazowa, Wola, Poland. The Polish composer was a virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for…

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is Begun (1927)

Oct 4, 2025Selldon0001 Art, Selective Coloration04/10, 1927, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Mount Rushmore, National Memorial, North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, United States, US

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (Lakota: Six Grandfathers) in the Black Hills near…

The Staedtler Company Founded (1835)

Oct 3, 2025Selldon0009 Objects, Selective Coloration03/10, 1835, pencil, Staedtler, stationary

Staedtler SE is a German multinational stationery manufacturing company based in Nuremberg. The firm was founded by J.S. Staedtler (1800–1872) in 1835 and produces a large variety of stationery products,…

Gatorade is Tested for the First Time (1965)

Oct 2, 2025Selldon0009 Objects, Selective Coloration02/10, 1965, Florida Gators, Gatorade, sports beverage

Gatorade is an American brand of sports-themed beverage and food products, built around its signature line of sports drinks. The drink is owned and manufactured by PepsiCo and is distributed…

The First Model T is Produced (1908)

Oct 1, 2025Selldon0202 Convertibles, Selective Coloration10/01, 1908, Ford, Ford Model T, Ford Motor Company, Model T

The Ford Model T is an automobile that was produced by the Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927. It is generally regarded as the first…

The USS Nautilus is Commissioned (1954)

Sep 30, 2025Selldon0100 Naval Vessels, Selective Coloration1954, 30/09, 571, submarine, US Navy, USS Nautilus

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)

Sep 29, 2025Selldon0009 Objects, Selective Coloration1829, 29/09, Metropolitan Police, Police, Robert Peel

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)

Sep 28, 2025Selldon2900 People in History, Selective Coloration1928, 28/09, Antibiotic, Antibiotics, Penicillin, Sir Alexander Fleming

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)

Sep 27, 2025Selldon0150 Aircraft, Selective Coloration1964, 27/09, BAC, British Aircraft Corporation, TSR-2

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…