From Thistle Burrs to... Velcro®
April 2nd is... First Velcro® Sold (1978), Ponce de Leon discovers Florida (1513), World Autism Awareness Day/Light It Up Blue/World Autism Day/World Autism Acceptance Day, International Children's Book Day (1967), National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day/ National
April Fools' Day
April 1st is... April Fools Day/All Fools' Day, Fossil Fools Day, White Rabbit Day, Assyrian New Year/Ha b' Nisin and Kha b' Nisan, Boomer Bonus Day, International Tatting Day, International Fun at Work Day, International Edible Book Festival/Edible Book Day, National Atheist'
The Eiffel Tower
March 31st is... Eiffel Tower's Anniversary/Eiffel Tower Day (1889), César Chávez Day, Dance Marathon Day, National Clams on the Half Shell Day, National She's Funny That Way Day, National Bunsen Burner Day (1811), Coloring Crayola Day/National Crayon Day, National Tater Day,
The Jeopardy! Book
March 30th is... Jeopardy Day, Grass Is Always Browner On The Other Side Of The Fence Day, National Oatmeal Cookie Day, National I Am In Control Day (1981), National Doctors Day, National Turkey Neck Soup Day, National Take a Walk in the Park Day, National Virtual Vacation D
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May 24th is... Morse Code Day/First Telegraph Message Transmitted (1844), Aviation Maintenance Technician Day/AMT Day, Brother's Day, Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit's Birthday (1686), International Tiara Day, Asparagus Day, National Escargot Day, Yucatan Shrimp Day, National Scavenger Hunt Day, International Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament, World Schizophrenia Awareness Day, Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness and Visibility Day, Blink 182 Day, Mary Had a Little Lamb Published (1830), European Day of Parks, Anniversary of the Judgement of Paris, National Wyoming Day, La Fete des Saintes Maries (France), Independence Day (Eritrea), National Schizophrenia and Psychosis Awareness Day (Canada), Empire Day (Canada), St. Sara's Day
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Morse Code Day/First Telegraph Message Transmitted (1844)
-- Samuel Morse was the inventor of the telegraph. He built his first apparatus in 1835. The first telegraph message was: .-- .... .- - .... .- - .... --. --- -.. .-- .-. --- ..- --. ....
- transmitted by Morse from Washington to Baltimore on May 24, 1844, and read What hath God wrought?
Read: The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers, by Tom Standage
-- Tells the colorful story of the telegraph's creation and remarkable impact and of the visionaries, oddballs, and eccentrics who pioneered it, from the eighteenth-century French scientist Jean-Antoine Nollet to Samuel F. B. Morse and Thomas Edison. The electric telegraph nullified distance and shrank the world quicker and further than ever before or since, and its story mirrors and predicts that of the Internet in numerous ways.
The Telegraph: A History of Morse's Invention and Its Predecessors in the United States
-- Samuel F.B. Morse's invention of the telegraph marked a new era in communication. For the first time, people could communicate quickly from great distances. The genesis of Morse's invention is covered in detail, starting in 1832, along with the establishment of the first transcontinental telegraph line in the United States and the device's dramatic effect on the Civil War. The Morse telegraph that served the world for over 100 years is explained clearly. Also examined are recent advances in telegraph technology and its continued impact on communication.
Telegraph Straight Key with Wood Base
-- features a Morse Code straight key on a non-skid, beautifully stained wood base. It has a steel base under the bottom, so it stays on the table and doesn't move around while you send it! Let's you send code at home, work, or riding in your car -- practically anywhere -- because it's so easy to take it wherever you go!
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