December 16, 1897 - 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated

December 16, 1905 - "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published

December 16, 1913 - Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week

December 16, 1970 - 1st successful landing on Venus (USSR)

Arthur C. Clarke born 86 years ago 12/16

100th anniversary of documented powered flight

Dec. 16th 1773 - The Boston tea party occured

In Boston Harbor... a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor.

Dec 17th 1903 - First powered flight

Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful powered flight in history near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. It flew 12 seconds and went 120 feet before, "landing".

Jan 8th 1942 - Stephen William Hawking was born

Jan 8th 1642 - Galileo Galilei died

15th of January 1929 - Martin Luther King´s birthday
15th of January 1959 - lycorn´s birthday

23 January 1899 Humphrey Bogart born.

16th of March 1830 -- New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded)

16th of March 1995 -- Mississippi House of Representatives ratifies 13th Amendement-formally abolishes slavery

23rd March 1882: * Amalie Noether
23rd March 1900: * Erich Fromm, excavation of Knossos began
23rd March 1933: "Ermächtigungsgesetz"
23rd March 1937: * Robert Gallo
23rd March 1964: 1st World Trade Conference
23rd March 1965: Gemini III
23rd March 1987: Willy Brandt resigns

Dr. Roger Bannister born 75 years ago