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10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution

10th August 2020
Tagged as: History, Museum, Science, Smithsonian, Washington, Washington DC

It had taken Congress eight years to agree on how to fulfil James Smithson’s desire to establish and institution ‘for the increase and diffusion of knowledge’.

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22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent

22nd May 2020
Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, Boat, Engineering, Invention, Mechanical, Patent, River, Smithsonian, United States, USA

Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for his invention to lift boats over shoals and other obstructions in a river.

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10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution

22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent

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6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world

10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

10th January 1776: Thomas Paine publishes the pamphlet Common Sense advocating American independence

25th January 1890: Nellie Bly circumnavigates the world in 72 days

24th January 1908: Robert Baden-Powell publishes Scouting for Boys

23rd January 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to receive a medical degree in the USA

22nd January 1973: The Supreme Court issues its decision on the Roe v. Wade abortion case

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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