First Ballpoint Pen Goes on Sale (1945)
The concept of using a “ball point” within a writing instrument to apply ink to paper has existed since the late 19th century. In these inventions, the ink was placed…
Happy Name Day Stacey (28/10)
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…
ViewBug “The Glow” Badge (2025)
ViewBug honoured me with “the eye badge” on 28.10.2025 at 15:04h. They wrote: “Congratulations! Your photo has been awarded the Glow Award — a celebration of the warmth, creativity, and…
The Statue of Liberty is dedicated (1886)
The idea for the Statue of Liberty was conceived in 1865, when the French historian and abolitionist Édouard de Laboulaye proposed a monument to commemorate the upcoming centennial of U.S. independence (1876), the perseverance…
Happy Birthday John Cleese (1939)
John Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and presenter. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter…
Stonehenge is Gifted to the British Nation (1918)
Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and…
Singapore Airlines Carry Out Their First Flight with Passengers on the Airbus A380 (2007)
Singapore Airlines (abbreviation: SIA or SQ) is the flag carrier of Singapore with its hub located at Changi Airport. The airline is ranked as a 5-star airline and has been ranked as the world’s best airline by Skytrax five times. Singapore Airlines operates…
Founding of the UN Charter (1945)
The United Nations (UN) is a global intergovernmental organisation established by the signing of the UN Charter on 26 June 1945 and entered into force on the 24 October 1945 with the articulated mission of maintaining international peace and security,…
Patent for Airbag filed by Daimler Benz (1971)
An airbag or supplemental inflatable restraint is a vehicle occupant-restraint system using a bag designed to inflate in milliseconds during a collision and then deflate afterwards. It consists of an airbag cushion, a flexible fabric bag,…
Happy Birthday Christopher Lloyd (1938)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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…