Scott Allsop's Blog, page 193
March 9, 2019
10th March 1876: Bell transmits the first speech using the telephone
On the 10th March 1876, Scottish-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call when he contacted his assistant, Thomas ...
March 8, 2019
9th March 1959: Barbie doll introduced at the New York Toy Fair
Mattel’s iconic Barbie doll made its debut at New York Toy ...
March 7, 2019
8th March 1950: VW Transporter aka ‘camper’ & ‘bus’ production begins
On the 8th March 1950, the Volkswagen Type 2 – more commonly known as the ‘transporter’, the ‘bus’ or the ‘camper’ – went into production at the company’s Wolfsburg ...
March 6, 2019
7th March 1900: First ship-to-shore wireless message sent by SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first vessel to transmit a ship-to-shore wireless ...
March 5, 2019
6th March 1869: Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table
On the 6th March 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev presented his periodic table to the Russian Chemical ...
March 4, 2019
5th March 1046: Persian poet Nasir Khusraw’s 7-year journey through the Islamic world results in the Safarnama
The Persian poet and philosopher Nasir Khusraw began a seven-year journey through the Islamic world that he recorded in the ...
March 3, 2019
4th March 1789: First US Congress meets under new Constitution
On the 4th March 1789, the United States constitution went into effect when the first US Congress ...
March 2, 2019
3rd March 1918: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Central Powers ends Russian participation in WW1
On the 3rd March 1918 the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and the Central ...
March 1, 2019
2nd March 1965: USA launches Operation Rolling Thunder in Vietnam
On the 2nd March 1965 the United States military, alongside the Republic of Vietnam Air Force, began Operation Rolling Thunder as part of the Vietnam ...
February 28, 2019
1st March 1692: First of the Salem ‘witches’ face magistrates in Massachusetts
On the 1st March 1692, the Salem witch trials began when Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba were brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, ...
