A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on December 2nd. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On December 2, 1804, at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in about a thousand years. On December 2, 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte shocked the world as he crowned himself Emperor of the French by taking the crown from the Pope and plopping it on his own head. On December 2, 1927, Henry Ford…
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A Brief History On December 2, 1927, Henry Ford revealed the successor to his iconic Model T, the Ford Model A. While the Ford Model T at one time comprised half or more of all the cars in the world, the Model A was also a success. Digging Deeper After 18 years of production, the Model T had become dated, and sales slowed. The Model A reached 3 million in sales by March of 1930, and was offered in nine styles, the cheapest of which cost only $385! A total of 4.8 million were made. The 4-cylinder engine pumped out…
A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on December 1st. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On December 1, 1768, the former slave ship Fredensborg sank from unknown causes (maybe cosmic karma?) of the coast of Tromoy, Norway. On December 1, 1768, the Danish ship Fredensborg sank in a storm off the coast of Norway on her return trip from a death filled delivery of slaves to St. Croix in the Caribbean. On December 1, 1768, the Danish ship…
A Brief History On December 1, 1984, a joint operation between NASA and the FAA conducted a “Controlled Impact Demonstration,” a fancy way of saying purposely crashing an unoccupied jetliner. Digging Deeper The remotely controlled jet was a Boeing 720, a narrowed down version of the ubiquitous 707. A 4-engine jetliner that could carry 131 passengers, the 720 was a good representation of the airliners of the time. The doomed jet was loaded with cameras, sensors, and recording equipment, and the data derived from the intentional crash was used to develop new safety standards for airliners. Conclusions included that airliners…
A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on November 30th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On November 30 1016, Edmund Ironside, also known as Edmund II or even Ēadmund Isernside (in Old English), was murdered on his “throne,” stabbed to death as he attended to “business.” On November 30, 1718, while manning a front line trench in a battle in Norway, the King of Sweden, Charles XII, was killed by either a musket ball or a grape…