Thursday Dec. 31, 2020’s Smile of the Day: Pirates of Penzance On this Day: The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty had it official premiere at the…
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Wednesday Dec. 30, 2020’s Smile of the Day: The USSR On this Day: The USSR was created by a proclamation in Moscow from the Bolshoi Theatre. The Soviet Union was…
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Tuesday Dec. 29, 2020’s Smile of the Day: The Threshing Machine On this Day: In 1834, John Avery and Hiram Abial Pitts were granted United States patent #542 on December…
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Monday Dec. 28, 2020’s Smile of the Day: First Motion Pictures On this Day: The Lumiere brothers, filmmakers, hold the first commercial film screening at Salon Indien du Grand…
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Sunday Dec. 27, 2020’s Smile of the Day: Sweet Adeline On this Day: Sweet Adeline, a barbershop quartet favourite, is first sung. "(You're the Flower of My Heart,) Sweet Adeline" was…
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Saturday Dec. 26, 2020’s Smile of the Day: Wood Pulp Paper On this Day: In 1854, Wood-Pulp paper was first exhibited in Buffalo, USA. Friedrich…
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Friday Dec. 25, 2020’s Smile of the Day: Christmas On this Day: As early as 336, Roman Christians observed Christmas on 25 December of the…
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Thursday Dec. 24, 2020’s Smile of the Day: Silent Night On this Day: "Stille Nacht” or Silent Night was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at St…
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Wednesday Dec. 23, 2020’s Smile of the Day: The Transistor On this Day: The single most important invention of the 20th century was the transistor, according to some researchers and…
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Tuesday Dec. 22, 2020’s Smile of the Day: Christmas Tree Lights On this Day: The first string of electric Christmas Tree Lights were turned on. The first known electrically illuminated…
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