1777 – The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the “Stars and Stripes” as the national flag of the United States.
1822 Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled “Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables”.
1834 Hard-hat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross,Dixfield,Maine
1834 Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr. Springfield, Vermont
1847 Robert von Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner
1938 Chlorophyll patented by Benjamin Grushkin
1942 Anne Frank begins her diary
1942 Walt Disney’s animated movie “Bambi”, is released
1946 Nat King Cole records “The Christmas Song” for the first time
1949 State of Vietnam forms
1962 The European Space Research Organization is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
2015 “Jurassic World”, 1st film to make $500 million worldwide in its opening weekend
By:Archa Dave
