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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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3rd February 1961: Operation Looking Glass begins its 29-year Cold War flight above the USA

10th October 1957: Eisenhower apologises to Ghanaian minister for racism in Delaware restaurant

7th November 1492: Oldest meteorite with a known date of impact

26th August 1789: Adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man in France

26th July 1936: Germany and Italy agree to support Franco’s Nationalist rebellion in Spain

25th July 1965: Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival

24th July 1911: Machu Picchu ‘rediscovered’ by US explorer Hiram Bingham III

23rd July 1914: Austria-Hungary presents ultimatum to Serbia ahead of the First World War

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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