United States troops during the Mexican War could receive a newspaper called, The American Flag. Continue reading
Tag: June
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (/mɑːrˈkoʊni/; Italian: [ɡuʎˈʎɛlmo marˈkoːni]; 25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Continue reading
Radio broadcast of live music
On June 15th 1920, a concert featuring the singer Dame Nellie Melba the live music was Radio broadcasted by Guglielmo Marconi from Writtle, Chelmsford, England. Continue reading
Radio patent granted to Guglielmo Marconi
On June 2, 1896, British patent No.12039, for a radio was granted to radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi. Continue reading
Telephone hot line between nations
Instituted on June 20, 1963, between the United States and the Soviet Union, a telephone hot line connected both countries. Continue reading
John Bardeen
John Bardeen (/bɑːrˈdiːn/; May 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991) was an American physicist and electrical engineer, the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for the invention of the transistor; and again in 1972 with Leon N Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for a fundamental theory of conventional superconductivity known as the BCS theory. Continue reading
Bell Telephone Laboratories invents the Transistor and changed the world
At the Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA, the first demonstration of a transistor took place on June 30th 1948. Continue reading
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (/ˈjɛltsɪn/;[3] Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин; IPA: [bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn] ; (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999. Continue reading
A Woman becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Oh man what a day that was Eh! On June 25th 1993, Kim Campbell(Avril Phaedra Campbell) became the Prime Minister, and she was not votes in neither. Continue reading
Stadium with a retractable roof constructed in Canada
The Skydome (Now called Rogers Centre) was the first stadium with a retractable roof, located in the downtown of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, home to the Toronto Blue Jays and right next door to the CN Tower. Continue reading