Smile of the Day Wednesday June 22, 2022: Galileo Galilei
On June 22, 1633 Galileo Galilei was forced to recant his Copernican views that the Earth orbits the Sun by the Pope (the Vatican only admits it was wrong on Oct 31, 1992!).
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Smile of the Day Tuesday June 21, 2022: Lou Gehrig’s Disease
On this Day: On June 21, 1939, New York Yankees announced Lou Gehrig's retirement after doctors revealed he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease).…
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Smile of the Day Monday June 20, 2022: First Steamship to Cross an Ocean
On June 20, 1819, The SS Savannah reached Cork in Ireland after a 29 day and 11 hour voyage from Savannah, Georgia to become the 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic or any other ocean. There was only one problem - the crossing was done mostly under sail.
Smile of the Day June 19, 2022: First Winning Female Jockey at Ascot
Smile of the Day June 19, 2022: First Winning Female Jockey at Ascot. June 19, 1987 Gay Kelleway rode 12-1 shot Sprowston Boy to win the two-mile, six-furlong Queen Alexandra Stakes; she becomes the first female jockey to ride a winner at England’s Royal Ascot Racecourse.
Smile of the Day For June 18, 2022: Indian “Human Computer” Shakuntala Devi Set a World Record
On this Day: On June 18,1980 Indian "human computer" Shakuntala Devi set a world record by mentally multiplying two random 13-digit numbers in 28…
Smile of the Day For June 17, 2022: US President Reagan Strives to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
On this Day: On June 17, 1982 in US President Reagan's 1st United Nations General Assembly address he stated, "We must serve mankind through genuine…
Smile of the Day For June 16, 2022: George Stinney, 14, Wrongfully Executed for Murder
On this Day: George Stinney Jr. was just 14 years old when he was executed in South Carolina in 1944. It took 10…
Smile of the Day June 15, 2022: IBM was Incorporated
On June 15, 1911 Tabulating Computing Recording Corporation (which later changed its name to IBM) was incorporated. International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, with operations in over 171 countries. The company began in 1911, founded in Endicott, New York, by trust businessman Charles Ranlett Flint, as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) and was renamed "International Business Machines" in 1924. IBM is incorporated in New York.
Smile of the Day June 14, 2022: The Bunsen Burner
On June 14, 1847 Robert Bunsen invented the Bunsen burner. A Bunsen burner, named after Robert Bunsen, is a kind of ambient air gas burner used as laboratory equipment; it produces a single open gas flame, and is used for heating, sterilization, and combustion. The gas can be natural gas (which is mainly methane) or a liquefied petroleum gas, such as propane, butane, or a mixture. Combustion temperature achieved depends in part on the adiabatic flame temperature of the chosen fuel mixture.
Smile of the Day Monday June 13, 2022: First to Cycle the Longest Road in the World
On June 13, 1987 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe are the first to complete a cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina along the Pan American Highway.