Felix Hoffmann and the invention of Aspirin
Our topic for today is Aspirin. It’s the birthday today of Felix Hoffmann (21 Jan 1868 – 8 Feb 1946), …
Our topic for today is Aspirin. It’s the birthday today of Felix Hoffmann (21 Jan 1868 – 8 Feb 1946), …
Today, 20 January, is World Snow Day. Given that there’s much more snow falling in winter in the Northern Hemisphere …
Today, 19 January, is Popcorn Day, a day to celebrate one of nature’s fun foods – those crazy little corn …
Today we celebrate the birthday of Ray Dolby (18 Jan 1933), the American engineer and physicist who invented the Dolby …
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15 January; this is the date in 2001 when Wikipedia was launched – the largest and most popular general reference …
We’re commemorating the birthday today of Professor Rolla Neil Harger (14 Jan 1890 – 8 Aug 1983), an American biochemist …
Today, 13 January, is the date back in 1957 when the Wham-O toy company first began production of their plastic …
Today we celebrate the birthday of Ruth Rogan Benerito (born 12 Jan 1916), the American chemist and inventor whose innovations …