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Authors born on this day in the year; 1876 – Jack London,
Authors born on this day in the year; 1876 – Jack London, American author (d. 1916) He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial mag...

Authors born on this day in the year; 1846 – Rudolf Christoph
Authors born on this day in the year; 1846 – Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926) He received the...

On this day in the year; 1896 – An Austrian newspaper reports
On this day in the year; 1896 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays. 1914 �...

On this day in the year; 1847 – Samuel Colt sells his first
On this day in the year; 1847 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government. 1865 – The New York Stock Exchange o...

On this day in the year; 1908 – For the first time, a ball is
On this day in the year; 1908 – For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York Citys Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnigh...

On this day in the year; 1851 – The first American YMCA opens
On this day in the year; 1851 – The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts. 1914 – A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first ...

It was on this day in the year; 1831 – Charles Darwin embarks
It was on this day in the year; 1831 – Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate the theo...

Authors born on this day in; 1670 – John Toland, Irish
Authors born on this day in; 1670 – John Toland, Irish philosopher and author (d. 1722) a rationalist philosopher and freethinker, and occasional s...