A Brief History On May 14, 1900, the athletic competition known as “the World Amateur championship” opened at the Paris Exposition Universelle, a World’s Fair held in Paris from April to November of 1900, one of several French hosted Expositions Universelle over the years. Digging Deeper The events variously known as “world’s fair,” “global exposition,” or “universal exposition,” are major events often hosted by a major city or a country to celebrate all the latest in technology and innovations, a phenomenon first hosted by Bohemia in Prague back in 1791. There have been at least 37 general expositions that could…
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A Brief History On April 29, 1953, Los Angeles television station KECA made the first public experimental broadcast of a 3D TV show, an episode of Space Patrol. Sadly, this attempt did not usher in an era of 3D TV for the masses, but it was another step in the advancements that have brought 3D TV to where it is today. Digging Deeper You may be surprised to know that the origins of 3D viewing go back to the 1800s, with a series of inventions concerning stereoscopic viewing of still pictures developed into moving 3D pictures of a sort with…
A Brief History On February 23, 1778, the Baron von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge to assist George Washington with training the Continental Army. Washington was waging a war of independence against Britain, to forever remove what would become the United States from the tyranny of living under a King. Today, we find there are many “kings” in the USA and we list some of these from the 20th and 21st Centuries. Digging Deeper First, we have “The King of all media,” Howard Stern, shock jock of radio, television, literature, and the internet. Several musical “kings” have reigned, including Elvis…
A Brief History On February 16, 2005, the National Hockey League cancelled its entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs after locking out the players due to labor problems. This event was the third of four times the NHL suffered lost games, the earliest incident taking place in 1992, and the most recent in 2012. Digging Deeper The NBA has had four lockouts and a strike in 2020. The lockout of 1998-1999 lasted six months and resulted in lowered salaries for players. Other lockouts occurred in 1995, 1996, and 2011. So that you do not become too upset, think of Stephen…
A Brief History On February 9, 1996, the synthetic element, Copernicium, was discovered by a research team at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Germany, named after the famous Polish astronomer and polymath, Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik in Polish), 10 days after the discovery, on the 537th anniversary of Copernicus’s birth. Digging Deeper Some of the other elements named after people include Curium, Fermium, Mendelevium, Nobelium, Einsteinium, Bohrium, Roentgenium, Lawrencium, and others. Perhaps you recognize some or most of these names as major historical scientists. You might not appreciate a disease or disorder being named after you,…