The naming of Los Angeles
In 1769, a Franciscan priest Father Juan Crespí accompanied a group of Spanish soldiers on the first European land expedition...
History
Rocketgrams were launched in India to deliver mail and parcels
Rocketgrams are mail delivered by firing crude rockets towards their destinations. Stephen Hector Taylor-Smith, an Indian aerospace engineer, launched the...
India – the birthplace of chess
The original word for chess is the Sanskrit chaturanga, meaning four members of an army, which were most likely elephants,...
Who invented the first practical helicopter and when?
Prof. Henrich Focke, a German inventor, devised the first practical helicopter called the Focke-Wulf Fw 16, which was successfully flown...
American Presidents who died on 4th of July
The fourth of July is celebrated as the Independence Day in the US. Coincidentally, three US Presidents died on the...
Origin of the electric chair
Until recently, criminals in the US were executed using an electric chair. Nowadays a different form of execution by lethal...
