Today in History

Event:	1985: Klaus von Klitzing finds Quantum Hall E...
Klaus von Klitzing is a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1985 for discover...

Event:	1925: Birthdate of mathematician Erik Christo...
Zeeman is best known for his work on catastrophe theory and its application to the ph...

Event:	1789: George Washington elected first U.S. pr...
On this day in 1789, George Washington, the "Father of the Nation," was elected first...

Event:	1902: Charles Lindbergh, aviator
Lindbergh, an American pilot, was the first man to cross the Atlantic non-stop from e...

Event:	1927: First "talkie" motion picture released
The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson actually used the standard caption cards of...