Vitamin C – The first isolation of the basic nutrient takes place in Szeged
The University of Szeged is one of Hungary’s most important universities and is among the…
Marconi National Historic Site – The point of the first official transatlantic wireless communications in Glace Bay
The historic site commemorate the efforts of Guglielmo Marconi to transmit transatlantic radio signals between…
Telstar – The world’s first commercial communications satellite is being exhibited in Washington D.C.
The first two Telstar satellites were experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 launched on…
Michael Faraday – The actual laboratory of English scientist in London
The room is preserved in the basement of the Royal Institution where Michael Faraday made…
Nicolaus Copernicus – The final resting place in Frombork
A Polish mathematician and astronomer, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the…
Anders Celsius – The house and the old observatory of the Swedish astronomer in Uppsala
In the 18th century, Anders Celsius performed his research there and built the first observatory…
Mulla Sadra – The historic house of the Persian philosopher in Kahak
A theologian, who led the Iranian cultural renaissance in the 17th century. He was born…
Polio vaccines – Jonas Salk discovers one of the first vaccine in Pittsburgh
Polio was considered one of the most frightening public health problems in the world until…
Apple – The birthplace of the computer company in Los Altos
The company was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne to develop and…
Solvay Conference – The famous fifth Solvay Conference takes place in Brussels
The International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, were founded by the Belgian industrialist Ernest…
Borchgrevink’s Hut – The first human structure ever built on the Antarctic continent in Cape Adare
In January 1895, Norwegian explorers Henrik Bull and Carsten Borchgrevink from the ship Antarctic landed…
DNA – The first public mention of the discovery in Cambridge
On February 28, 1953 in the Eagle Pub, James Watson and Francis Crick first spoke…
Surtsey Island – A volcanic mainland born in 1963 in South Iceland
The island was formed in a volcanic eruption which began 130 meters below sea level,…
Christopher Columbus – The final resting place in Seville
Italian explorer was born before 31 October 1451 in the territory of the Republic of…
History of Television – The first moving image demonstration takes place in London
John Logie Baird successfully transmitted the first television picture with a greyscale image, the head…
Dodo – The extinct flightless bird rests in Oxford
The Raphus cucullatus was endemic to the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the…
Photoshop – The famous image editing program is being born in Ann Arbor
The software was developed in 1987 by two brothers Thomas and John Knoll. Thomas Knoll,…
Edith Cavell – The heroine nurse is being executed by firing squad in Brussels
She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides without discrimination and…