Aviation
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Aviatrix Wilhelmine Reichard
On April 16, 1811, Wilhelmine Reichard launched to her first solo flight in a gas balloon, thus becoming Germany`s very…
Broadcasting
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David Attenborough and Life on Planet Earth
On May 8, 1926, English broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Frederick Attenborough was born. He is best known for writing…
Cinematography
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Snow White and the Seven Cel Animated Dwarfs
On February 4, 1938, Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released in the United States as the first full length…
Computer Games
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Jay Wright Forrester and System Dynamics
On July 14, 1918, pioneering American computer engineer and systems scientist Jay Wright Forrester was born. Forrester is known as…
Engineering
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Designers Should Think Big – Isambard Kingdom Brunel
On April 9, 1806, English engineer and entrepreneur Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born, whose designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering. He…
Inventor
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Elias Howe and the Sewing Machine
On Oct 3, 1867, American inventor Elias Howe Jr. passed away. Howe is best known for his invention of a…
Photography
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Nadar and How Photography became an Art
On April 5, 1820, Gaspard-Félix Tournachon better known under his pseudonym Nadar, was born. He is considered to be one…
Printing
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Johannes Gutenberg – Man of the Milennium
On February 3, 1468, German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg – or simply Johannes Gutenberg…
Space
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Yuri Gagarin – the first Man in Space
On 12 April 1961, aboard the Vostok 3KA-3 (Vostok 1), Soviet pilot Yuri Gagarin became both the first human to…
Transportation
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Titanic – the Unsinkable Ship and the Iceberg
Statistics of Titanic‘s Survivors from a Contemporary Newspaper, photo @lysander07 On April 15, 1912, 2:20 AM, British passenger liner Titanic sank…
Women in Technology
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Aviatrix Wilhelmine Reichard
On April 16, 1811, Wilhelmine Reichard launched to her first solo flight in a gas balloon, thus becoming Germany`s very…
