Oct. 13, 1884: Greenwich Resolves Subprime Meridian Crisis
1884: Geographers and astronomers adopt Greenwich as the Prime Meridian, the international standard for zero degrees longitude. The late 19th century was an era of standardization. With the Second...
View ArticleDec. 1, 1952: Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty
1952: It’s front-page news when George Jorgensen Jr. is reborn as Christine Jorgensen, gaining international celebrity and notoriety as the first widely known person to undergo a successful sex-change...
View ArticleDec. 5, 1901: Disney, Heisenberg — Separated at Birth?
Animation pioneer Walt Disney and nuclear physicist Werner Heisenberg share a birthday. So, if you've ever thought the Uncertainty Principle was a bit goofy, you may be onto something. The post Dec. 5,...
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