A couple interesting facts today.
1745 am Prionnsa Tearlach (Bonnie Prince Charlie) lands at Eriskay to bolster the Jacobites
1840 Britain combines Upper and Lower Canada into the 'province' of Canada
1999 the Chandra telescope is launched to see into the depths of space
[Gemini generate these images based on the facts]
1613 the Globe Theatre burned down due to a canon prop that misfires
1990 the world bans CFCs to help protect the ozone layer
2007 the first iPhone goes on sale
[images are AI generated]
June 23rd has a few interesting facts.
The patent for the QWERTY typewriter was received by Christopher Soles, Carlos Glidden and Samuel Soule in 1868.
The Antarctic Treaty (which has come up in a bunch of my youtube algorithm feeding me the hilarious videos where scientists have to deal about debunking flat earthers) was signed in 1959 but went into effect on this day in 1961.
And this one, realizes I'm old, and I was even a little too old for this; the Nintendo 64 came out in 1996.
Did you know that when the French gifted the US the Statue of Liberty, that it came disassembled? I have no idea why that sounds 'new' to me, but it makes sense, right? They wouldn't just float over an entire statue that size
It arrived in New York today in 1885
Okay, extra special day (for me), but did you know also that today was the day the Ford Motor Company incorporated in 1903 and officially the first woman was in space - Valentina Tereshkova - flew a solo mission in 1963 on the Vostok 6
In today's bit of history - there's 1752 where Ben Franklin was said to have flown his kite with a key... there's some clarification on what he actually did, but it happened.
Also in 1215 one of the first major 'laws' came out to help limit the rule of law, to tamp down the over reach of the king and set limits; the Magna Carta
So in 2025 the Blue Jays just made it into the World Series and today is going to be game 1, and it was a reminder for those of us who remember the '92 and '93 back to back World Series winners, and on today in 1992 was the first time they won the full series -- and it was the first time a non-US team had won.
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From J(ay)s to Ks, today is also World Kangaroo Day.
Lovable creatures from down-under.
Connecting from North America to Down-Under requires a good deal of tech and international agreements needed to be developed, and in light of that Information Tech needed, today is also World Development Information.
