Today in History

May 4th
1904
construction begins by U.S. on the Panama Canal
1979
Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st woman to be Prime Minster in United Kingdom
 

May 5th
1809
Mary Kies was given 1st patent to a woman for her technique of weaving straw
1961
Alan Shepard becomes 1st American astronaut in space aboard Freedom 7
 
1837
John Deere creates the 1st steel plough
1954
Roger Bannister of U.K. becomes 1st person to run 4 minute mile 3:59.4 at Iffley Road,Oxford
 
May 7th

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[h=2]The Birth Of The Internet[/h]The precious gift of technology which we heavily rely upon these days, was apparently introduced first way back in 1969. It was on this day that the first ‘RFC’, ‘Request For Comment’ document was printed.
 
1718
city of New Orleans,LA was founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
1945
WWII: Germans surrender to the Allies signed by Gen Jodi at Rhiems
1970
"Long and Winding Road'last Beatles release in U.S.
 
April 9th
1860 - ClassicBands.com

April 9
What is believed to be the world's oldest recording was made by French inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville when he recorded a young lady, believed by historians to be his daughter, singing "Au Clair de la Lune". The song was captured on a "phonautograph", a device that engraved sound waves onto a sheet of paper blackened by the smoke of an oil lamp. The event took place 17 years before Thomas Edison invented his phonograph.
 
Furryanimal said:

1860- ClassicBands.com

April 9
What is believed to be the world's oldest recording was made by French inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville when he recorded a young lady, believed by historians to be his daughter, singing "Au Clair de la Lune". The song was captured on a "phonautograph", a device that engraved sound waves onto a sheet of paper blackened by the smoke of an oil lamp. The event took place 17 years before Thomas Edison invented his phonograph.
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Very interesting. For clarification, unlike the phonograph the phonautograph was not capable of (nor was it ever intended to be able to) play the sounds back. It simply recorded a representation of sound vibrations as a line trace on paper.

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A useful invention nonetheless. Modern science has recently allowed some of these line traces to be converted back to an approximation of the original sounds that produced them.
 
Furryanimal said:
April 9th
1860- ClassicBands.com

April 9
What is believed to be the world's oldest recording was made by French inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville when he recorded a young lady, believed by historians to be his daughter, singing "Au Clair de la Lune". The song was captured on a "phonautograph", a device that engraved sound waves onto a sheet of paper blackened by the smoke of an oil lamp. The event took place 17 years before Thomas Edison invented his phonograph.
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Must remember which month it is!!
 
May 10th
1940Promising his people nothing but “blood, toil, tears and sweat”, Winston Churchill replaces Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister. Churchill is to form an all-party war government as German troops storm Europe.
 
1503
Christopher Columbus discovers Cayman islands
1983
last episode of ABC sitcom,"Laverne&Shirley" '76-'83 airs
1994
Nelson Mandala sworn in as South Africa's 1st black President
 
May 11th
1910
Montana's Glacier National Park is established
1947
BF Goodrich announces development of tubeless tire in Akron,Ohio
1969
British Comedy Troupe,Monty Python forms with Graham Chapman,John Cleese,Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones,and Michael Pallin
 
[h=4]On This Day - 11th May[/h]​
1685 The death of 18 year old Margaret Wilson, executed by drowning for refusing to swear an oath declaring James VII (James II of England) as head of the church. She died along with Margaret McLachlan. Known as the Wigtown Martyrs they are buried in Wigtown Churchyard (see picture) alongside the three men hanged at Wigtown.

1778
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The death of William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham and British politician. He conducted most of the Seven Years' War (1756-63) which secured Britain a huge new empire.

1812
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British Prime Minister Spencer Percival was assassinated in the House of Commons, apparently mistaken by his killer, bankrupt broker John Bellingham, for someone else. He is the only Prime Minister in Britain to have been assassinated.
 
May 14, 1607 - The first permanent English settlement in America was established at Jamestown, Virginia, by a group of royally chartered Virginia Company settlers from Plymouth, England.
May 14, 1804 - Meriwether Lewis and William Clark departed St. Louis on their expedition to explore the Northwest. They arrived at the Pacific coast of Oregon in November of 1805 and returned to St. Louis in September of 1806, completing a journey of about 6,000 miles.
May 14, 1796 - Smallpox vaccine was developed by Dr. Edward Jenner, a physician in rural England. He coined the term vaccination for the new procedure of injecting a milder form of the disease into healthy persons resulting in immunity. Within 18 months, 12,000 persons in England had been vaccinated and the number of smallpox deaths dropped by two-thirds.
 
1607 English colonists establish the 1st permanent English settlement in America at Jamestown. Unknown to them they have landed amidst the worst drought in 800 years.

1796 English country doctor Edward Jenner administers the first inoculation against smallpox, using cowpox pus, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire

1853 Gail Borden, land surveyor, newspaper publisher and inventor, patents his process for condensed milk

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