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April 27, 1791: Samuel F.B. Morse, ‘American Leonardo,’ Born
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, inventor of the practical electromagnetic telegraph, is born in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
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July 16, 1965: Mont Blanc Tunnel Opens
1965: After 19 years of planning and construction, the Mont Blanc Tunnel officially opens. The new tunnel stretches 7 miles, linking the French town of Chamonix and the Italian town of Courmayeur....
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Oct. 8, 1582: Nothing Happens … in Catholic Lands
1582: Nobody does anything, anything at all. In fact, nobody does anything whatsoever between Oct. 4 and Oct. 15, 1582, because the 10 intervening days have simply been declared out of existence by the...
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Dec. 15, 2001: Leaning Tower of Pisa Reopens With New Angle
2001: Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens its doors to tourists after a $27 million effort to keep it from tilting so much it might fall over. Construction began on the tower in 1173. It’s the...
View ArticleJan. 7, 1851: Foucault Gets the Swing of Things
1851: Léon Foucault uses a pendulum to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. It is the first direct visual evidence not based on watching the stars circle in the sky. Jean Bernard Léon Foucault was...
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Feb. 18, 1898: Enzo Ferrari Gets the Green Flag
1898: Enzo Ferrari is born in Modena, Italy. He’ll achieve fame as the builder of racing cars and sports cars. “An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man,” Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, and...
View ArticleApril 28, 1940: BMW Sweeps Mille Miglia
BMW has long hailed itself as building "the ultimate driving machine," and never was that more true than when the company thoroughly dominated the 1940 Mille Miglia.
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Aug. 3, 1492: Columbus Sets Out to Discover … a Trade Route
1492: Christopher Columbus, sailing for the Spanish crown, weighs anchor for the New World. From his flagship Santa Maria, Columbus commanded a squadron that included the caravels Niña and Pinta. The...
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Oct. 5, 1986: Israel’s Secret Nuke Arsenal Exposed
A former technician blows the whistle to The Times of London, and Israel's nuclear capability is revealed to the world. The whistleblower becomes a hero to the peace movement and a traitor to Israel.
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Oct. 25, 1671: Cassini Spots a Two-Toned Saturnian Moon
The strange coloring of the oddly shaped satellite discovered by Giovanni Cassini continues to baffle astronomers to this day.
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