Today In History: 2007: Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs announces the iPhone 1760: Afghans defeat Marathas in Battle of Barari Ghat Born on This Day: 1913: Richard Nixon: American politician, 37th President of the United States 1908: Simone de Beauvoir: French writer and feminist Gone on This Day: 1324: Marco Read more…
Today In History: 1918: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announced his Fourteen Points, an outline for peace following World War I. 1959: Charles de Gaulle becomes president of France His right-wing political ideology, Gaullism, still influences French politics today. Born on This Day: 1942: Stephen Hawking: English physicist, author of A Read more…
Today In History: 1979: The Khmer Rouge government of Cambodia is overthrown and Vietnamese forces capture the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. 1610: Galileo (Italian Astronomer) discovers the four largest moons of Jupiter day: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Born on This Day: 1964: Nicolas Cage: American actor, producer, director Gone Read more…
1912: German scientist Alfred Wegener presented his theory of continental drift laying the foundation for Plate Tectonics which explains why continents move. 1907: Maria Montessori opens her first school leading to the evolution of Montessori’s schools all over the world. Born on This Day: 1883: Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese/American poet 1966: Read more…