Monthly Archives: May 2024
HISTORIC INVENTION: DISHWASHERS
In our family, child labour was preferred. https://spectrum.ieee.org/this-socialite-hated-washing-dishes-so-much-that-she-invented-the-automated-dishwasher
HISTORY SHARE: FAMOUS BROTHERS
Happy International Brothers Day! Two such creatures came with house when I was born (photo above). Neither they nor I were destined to become famous, but numerous famous historical figures had brothers too; some equally well-known, others overshadowed. https://www.history.com/news/famous-brothers-in-history https://www.thoughtco.com/shakespeares-brothers-and-sisters-3960062 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Brothers-Grimm https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/branwell-bronte-emily-charlotte-anne-family-haworth-yorkshire-a7940396.html https://www.hhhistory.com/2015/07/the-brothers-houdini.html
TRIVIA TRAIL: BENNETT BUGGIES & HOOVER WAGONS
Question: During the Great Depression, people in Canada and the U.S.A. hitched horses to the cars they couldn’t afford gasoline for, and called them Bennett buggies and Hoover wagons, in ‘honour’ of the political leaders of the day, Richard Bedford (R.B.) Bennett, and Herbert Clark Hoover. But these horse-drawn autos had another name too. What […]
TRIVIA TRAIL: WORLD’S FIRST ARCHAEOLOGIST
Question: Who is considered the world’s first archeologist? Answer: Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon, who reigned between 555–539 BC. https://www.thoughtco.com/the-first-archaeologists-167134 https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Nabonidus
HISTORY TIDBIT: THE STANLEY CUP
Hockey’s famous Stanley Cup was donated to the sport by Frederick Arthur Stanley (Lord Stanley), Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893. His hockey-playing sons, Arthur and Algy, talked him into providing the trophy that NHL teams are currently vying for and have been hitting the ice to gain for over one hundred and […]
HISTORIC 30th ANNIVERSARY: THE EURO TUNNEL
Haven’t travelled through it myself, but many people have. https://www.brusselstimes.com/1027469/eurotunnel-celebrates-its-30th-anniversary-with-big-plans-for-next-decade
Time Travelling With Kids 