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STS-85 Launch of Shuttle Discovery (1997)

Aug 7, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration07/08, 1997, Discovery, scale model, scale models, Shuttle, Space Shuttle, STS-85

STS-85 was the 23rd flight of Space Shuttle Discovery that performed multiple space science packages. It was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 7 August 1997. The main STS-85…

Tim Berners Lee Releases the WWW (1991)

Aug 6, 2025Selldon0009 Objects, Selective Coloration06/08, 1991, CERN, HTTP, Tim Berners Lee, URLs, WorldWideWeb, WWW

The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is an information system that enables content sharing over the Internet through user-friendly ways meant to appeal to users beyond IT…

Happy Birthday Neil Armstrong (1930)

Aug 5, 2025Selldon0012 Graffiti, Selective Coloration05/08, 1930, Apollo 11, Astronaut, Astronauts, NASA, Neil Armstrong

Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first…

Happy Birthday Barack Obama (1961)

Aug 4, 2025Selldon0012 Graffiti, Selective Coloration04/08, 1961, Barack Obama, US President

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic…

Firestone Tyres are Founded (1868)

Aug 3, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration03/08, 1868, Firestone, Firestone Rubber And Tyre Company, Racing Truck, scale model, scale models

Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is an American tire company founded by Harvey S. Firestone (1868–1938) in 1900 initially to supply solid rubber side-wire tires for fire apparatus, and later,…

Clay Street Hill Railroad is First Operated (1873)

Aug 2, 2025Selldon0170 Trains & Trams, Selective Coloration02/08, 1873, Clay Street Hill Railroad, San Fransisco, Tram

The Clay Street Hill Railroad was the first successful cable hauled street railway. It was located on Clay Street, a notably steep street in San Francisco in California, United States,…

Happy Birthday Joseph Priestley (1733)

Aug 1, 2025Selldon3003 Elements, Selective Coloration01/08, 1733, Joseph Priestley, O2, Oxygen

Joseph Priestley FRS (24 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an English chemist, Unitarian, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator and classical liberal political theorist. He published over…

Selective Coloration July 2025

Jul 31, 2025SelldonSelective Coloration2025, July, Selective Coloration, YouTube

Happy Birthday Mikko Hirvonen (1980)

Jul 31, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration1980, 31/07, Ford Fiesta RS WRC, Mikko Hirvonen, Rallye, scale model, scale models, WRC

Mikko Hirvonen (born 31 July 1980) is a Finnish former rally driver, and a current Rally-Raid driver, who drove in the World Rally Championship. He placed third in the drivers’…

The Last Original VW Beetle is Produced (2003)

Jul 30, 2025Selldon0206 Limousines, 0210 VW Beetles, Selective Coloration2003, 30/07, Puebla, Volkswagen, VW, VW Beetle

On 30 July 2003 at 9:05 a.m., at the Puebla plant in Mexico, Volkswagen produced the final Type 1, after 21,529,464 examples were produced globally during its tenure.[ Its production…

Happy Birthday Stig Blomquist (1946)

Jul 29, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration1946, 29/07, Audi, Blomquist, Quattro, Rallye, S2, scale model, scale models, Stig

Stig Blomqvist (born 29 July 1946) is a retired Swedish rally driver. He made his international breakthrough in 1971. Driving an Audi Quattro for the Audi factory team, Blomqvist won…

Happy Name Day Kimberley (28/07)

Jul 28, 2025Selldon0203 US Cars, 0600 Gone in 60 Seconds, Selective Coloration#31, 1999, 28/07, Gone in 60 Seconds, Kimberley, Lincoln, Movie, Movie Car, Navigator

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…

USS Constellation is Commissioned (1854)

Jul 28, 2025Selldon0100 Naval Vessels, Selective Coloration1854, 28/07, Constellation, sloop, USS

USS Constellation is a sloop-of-war, the last sail-only warship designed and built by the United States Navy. She was built at the Gosport Shipyard between 1853 and 1855. She was…

Bugs Bunny Goes on the Air (1940)

Jul 27, 2025Selldon0007 Lego Models, Selective Coloration1940, 27/07, Bugs Bunny

Bugs Bunny is a cartoon character created in the late 1930s at Warner Bros. Cartoons (originally Leon Schlesinger Productions) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for…

Happy Name Day Anne (26/07)

Jul 26, 2025Selldon0203 US Cars, 0600 Gone in 60 Seconds, Selective Coloration2000, 26/07, Anne, F-350, F-Series, Ford, Gone in 60 Seconds, Movie, Movie Car, Pickup

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 Jason Statham (1967)

Jul 26, 2025Selldon0204 Sports Cars, Selective Coloration1967, 26/07, Fast and Furious, Jason Statham, Mercedes Benz, Movie, SL

Jason Statham (born 26 July 1967) is an English actor. He is known for portraying tough, gritty, or violent characters in various action thriller films, and has been credited for…

Ewald Rohlfs Reaches 2,339m with the Focke-Wulf FW61 Helicopter (1937)

Jul 25, 2025Selldon0002 Stamps, Selective Coloration1937, 25/07, Ewald Rohlfs, Focke, FW61, Helicopter

The Focke-Wulf Fw 61 was the first successful, practical, and fully controllable helicopter, first flown in 1936. It was also known as the Fa 61, as Focke began a new…

Maccu Picchu is Rediscovered (1911)

Jul 24, 2025Selldon0012 Graffiti, Selective Coloration1911, 24/07, Hiram Bingham, Inca, Maccu Picchu

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft). Often referred to as the “Lost…

IWC Votes to Impose a Moratorium on Commercial Whaling (1982)

Jul 23, 2025Selldon2200 Mammals, Selective Coloration1982, 23/07, IWC, Whale, Whales

The 1970s saw the beginning of the global anti-whaling movement. In 1972 the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment at Stockholm adopted a proposal that recommended a ten-year moratorium…

Happy Name Day Madeline (22/7)

Jul 22, 2025Selldon0206 Limousines, 0600 Gone in 60 Seconds, Selective Coloration#06, 1959, 22/07, Cadillac, Eldorado, Gone in 60 Seconds, 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…

First Motor Race in France (1894)

Jul 22, 2025Selldon0204 Sports Cars, Selective Coloration1894, 22/07, First Motor Race, France, Peugeot

Motor racing was started in France, as a direct result of the enthusiasm with which the French public embraced the motor car. Manufacturers were enthusiastic due to the possibility of…

Happy Birthday Robin Williams (1951)

Jul 21, 2025Selldon0012 Graffiti, Selective Coloration1951, 21/07, Awesome Graffiti, Robin Williams

Robin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created spontaneously and…

Swiss TV Goes on the Air (1953)

Jul 20, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration1953, 20/07, scale model, scale models, Schweizer fernsehen, Swiss TV SF

Schweizer Fernsehen (SF; “Swiss Television”) was the German-language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in Switzerland for German-speaking Switzerland. It had its head…

The First Line of the Paris Metro Opens (1900)

Jul 19, 2025Selldon0170 Trains & Trams, Selective Coloration19/07, 1900, Paris Metro, Subway, Tube, Underground

The Paris Métro, short for Métropolitain, is a rapid transit system serving the Paris metropolitan area in France. A symbol of the city, it is known for its density within…

Happy Birthday Vin Diesel (1967)

Jul 18, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration18/07, 1967, Movie, Movie Car, scale model, scale models

Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), known professionally as Vin Diesel, is an American actor and film producer. One of the world’s highest-grossing actors, he is best known for portraying…

NEC is founded (1899)

Jul 17, 2025Selldon0009 Objects, 0010 Architecture, Selective Coloration17/07, 1899, NEC

NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It provides IT and network solutions, including cloud computing, artificial…

The First Parking Meter is Installed (1933)

Jul 16, 2025Selldon0009 Objects, Selective Coloration16/07, 1933, Oklahoma, Parking Meter

An early patent for a parking meter, U.S. patent, was filed by Roger W. Babson, on August 30, 1928. The meter was intended to operate on power from the battery…

Happy Name Day Deborah (15/07)

Jul 15, 2025Selldon0204 Sports Cars, 0600 Gone in 60 Seconds, Selective Coloration#28, 15/07, 1999, Deborah, Gone in 60 Seconds, Jaguar, Movie, Movie Car, XK8 Coupe

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 Rosetta Stone is Found (1799)

Jul 15, 2025Selldon0009 Objects, Selective Coloration15/07, 1799, Rosetta, Rosetta Stone

The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, on behalf of King Ptolemy…

Happy Name Day Donna (14/07)

Jul 14, 2025Selldon0206 Limousines, 0600 Gone in 60 Seconds, Selective Coloration#33, #33 Donna, 14/07, 1999, CL500, Gone in 60 Seconds, Mercedes Benz, Movie, Movie Car, scale model, scale models

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…