On this day (12th August) in history: 30BC - Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of Ancient Egypts Ptolemaic dynasty, dies. She committed suicide by supposedly making an asp bite her and inject deadly venom after her lover, Mark Anthony, had also committed suicide. 1753 - Thomas Bewick, English artist and illustrator of History of British Birds, as mentioned in Charlotte Brontës novel, Jane Eyre, is born. 1762 - George, eldest son of King George III and his wife, Charlotte, is born. He would later become George IV. 1774 - Robert Southey, English poet laureate, is born. 1827 - William Blake, English poet and artist, dies. 1848 - George Stephenson, who famously engineered the steam locomotive, The Rocket, dies. 1851 - Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine. 1865 - Joseph Lister performs the first operation using anaesthetic. 1908 - The first model T car is built by Henry Fords car company. 1914 - Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary. 1914 - John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies. 1920 - The Battle of Warsaw between Poland and Russia begins. 1940 - The German Luftwaffe conduct an air raid in British radar stations. 1949 - Big Ben runs four and a half minutes slow when a flock of Starlings roost on the clocks minute hand. 1964 - Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond series of books, dies. 1990 - Sue, the largest T-Rex ever discovered, is found by Susan Hendrickson in South Dakota, USA.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:24:14 +0000
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