Jean-Pierre Christin developed the “centigrade” temperature scale. Jean-Pierre Christin a French physicist, mathematician, astronomer and musician improved the Celcius scale thermometer. His proposal to reverse…
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18 May 1096
Over 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany. For millennia, the Jewish people have often been scapegoats. From their time as slaves in Egypt to…
17 May 1805
Muhammad Ali becomes W?li of Egypt. Muhammad Ali was an Albanian commander in the Ottoman army, he joined the forces that were sent to Egypt…
16 May 1770
The 14 year old Marie Antoinette marries 15 year old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France. In 1768, Louis XV dispatched a tutor to…
15 May 1958
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3. On May 15, 1958, the USSR launched its Third Artificial Satellite. While two previous Soviet orbiters were propelled into…
14 May 1998
The final show of television series, Seinfeld airs on NBC. “It’s just very difficult to end a series,” Sopranos creator David Chase once said, years…
13 May 1995
Alison Hargreaves becomes the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas. In 1995, Hargreaves determined to climb, unaided, the three…
12 May 1932
The kidnapped infant son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Jr., is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey, 10 weeks after being abducted. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.,…
11 May 1927
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is formed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences also known as simply the Academy is…
10 May 1908
Mother’s Day is observed for the first time in Grafton, West Virginia. Prior to the Civil War, Anne Reeves Jarvis worked to start clubs to…