On this day in history: 1609 – Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers. 1768 – James Cook begins his first voyage. 1835 – The New York Sun perpetrates the Great Moon Hoax. 1875 – Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours. 1894 – Kitasato Shibasaburo discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet. 1916 – The United States National Park Service is created. 1981 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn 1989 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the second to last planet in the Solar System at the time. 1991 – Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 10:35:30 +0000
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