This Day in History on April 4 - History and Headlines

April 4, 1965: Most Advanced European Fighter Jet Revealed (Saab Viggen)

By Major Dan on April 4, 2019 April 4, Inventions, Military, Vehicles

A Brief History On April 4, 1965, Swedish automaker and aerospace manufacturer Saab introduced its upcoming Saab 37 Viggen (Thunderbolt) fighter jet, the most advanced European jet fighter design until superseded by the Panavia Tornado in 1981. The futuristic looking Viggen was distinctive in its “canard” design, a sort of double delta wing layout never before used on a mass produced aircraft. The Viggen replaced the Saab 35 Draken (Dragon) as Sweden’s primary jet fighter. The Draken, introduced in 1955, had been the first fully supersonic jet fighter produced in Europe. Digging Deeper Originally created as an airplane manufacturing company…

How I Prepared for Microsoft MCSE MCSE 70-532 Exam

By Anonymous Author on March 4, 2019 April 4, Science & Technology

A Brief History On April 4, 1975, Microsoft was founded by Paul Allen and Bill Gates in Albuquerque, New Mexico, The United States of America. Microsoft is widely known for several inventions such as Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Azure; however, it is also a global vendor for top IT certifications. The certifications are offered in 4 distinct levels namely: MTA starters level, MCSE specialists level, MCSE experts level and MCSD developers level. Today, our focus is MCSE Cloud Platform credential which is offered upon passing two of the three available exams (MCSE 70-532, 70-533 and 70-535). This article is going to…

April 4, 1883: Peter Cooper, the Unknown Great American

By Major Dan on April 4, 2018 April 4, Inventions, Politics

A Brief History On April 4, 1883, Peter Cooper died at the age of 92 in New York City, the same city he was born in. His legacy still affects us today, although many of our readers may not even be familiar with him. A businessman, inventor, philanthropist, and politician, Cooper left a positive influence on the United States of America that deserves remembering. Digging Deeper Born in New York, he was of English, Dutch and French ancestry, and was adopted as a baby. His father was a hat maker, and Peter continued in the trades, working in cabinetry, hat…

April 4, 1984: 10 Fiendish, Horrible, Evil Weapons We are Not Supposed to Use

By Major Dan on April 4, 2017 April 4, Crime, Inventions, Military

A Brief History On April 4, 1984, President Ronald Reagan made a public plea to the world to ban chemical weapons. Already outlawed by previous treaties, the widespread use of various chemical weapons in World War I was the peak of chemical warfare, but these terrible weapons have not totally disappeared. Today we list 10 Fiendish, Horrible, Evil Weapons We’re Not Supposed to Use, either by International agreement or our own decision. At times even crossbows were banned for use against “Christians,” as were square projectiles. What weapons, devices, or techniques from Hell would you include on a ban against…

April 4, 1969: Texas Surgeon Implants First Artificial Heart!

By Major Dan on April 4, 2016 April 4, Health/Medicine, Inventions

A Brief History On April 4, 1969, Dr. Denton Cooley performed surgery to implant the first artificial (temporary) heart in history! Digging Deeper Dr. Cooley was a renowned heart surgeon and founder of the Texas Heart Institute. Having worked with Dr. Michael DeBakey (another renowned heart surgeon that invented the pump that makes heart surgery possible), Cooley was part of the team that performed the first heart transplant in the United States as well as his artificial heart work. He also pioneered techniques using artificial heart valves which reduced mortality in heart valve replacement surgery from 70% to 8%! Unfortunately,…