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On this day in history: Intel founded, 1968 18 Jul 2012 | 11:00 am
In the late '60s, the chemist and physicist, Dr. Gordon E. Moore, and the co-inventor of the integrated circuit, Robert N. Noyce departed Fairchild Semiconductor to set up their own company: initially...
On this day in history: Intel founded, 1968 18 Jul 2012 | 11:00 am
In the late '60s, the chemist and physicist, Dr. Gordon E. Moore, and the co-inventor of the integrated circuit, Robert N. Noyce departed Fairchild Semiconductor to set up their own company: initially...
On this day in history: King George V changed his family name, 1917 17 Jul 2012 | 11:00 am
Three years into the Great War, anti-German feeling was running high in Britain. To appeal to nationalist sentiment King George V decided to change the name of the British royal house to the House of ...
On this day in history: King George V changed his family name, 1917 17 Jul 2012 | 11:00 am
Three years into the Great War, anti-German feeling was running high in Britain. To appeal to nationalist sentiment King George V decided to change the name of the British royal house to the House of ...
On this day in history: First European banknotes, 1661 16 Jul 2012 | 11:00 am
In November 1656, King Karl X Gustav of Sweden signed two charters creating two private banks under the directorship of Johan Palmstruch, a trade commissioner born in Riga. Palmstruch modeled the bank...
On this day in history: First European banknotes, 1661 16 Jul 2012 | 11:00 am
In November 1656, King Karl X Gustav of Sweden signed two charters creating two private banks under the directorship of Johan Palmstruch, a trade commissioner born in Riga. Palmstruch modeled the bank...
On this day in history: First Cuban world boxing champion, 1931 15 Jul 2012 | 11:00 am
On July 15th 1931, Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo - better known as Kid Chocolate or the Cuban Bon Bon - knocked out Benny Bass in the seventh round of their Junior Lightweight title bout at the Baker Bowl,...
On this day in history: Paris celebrated la Fête de la Fédération, 1790 14 Jul 2012 | 11:00 am
In June 1790, the French National Assembly approved the Paris Commune's proposition that a celebration be held to mark the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille. The centrepiece of these festivi...
On this day in history: Hollywood sign dedicated, 1923 13 Jul 2012 | 11:00 am
In 1923 the owner of the Los Angeles Times, Harry Chandler, the banker and railroad owner, General M. H. Sherman, and developer Sidney H. Woodruff formed a real estate syndicate to develop a 500-acre ...
On this day in history: Hollywood sign dedicated, 1923 13 Jul 2012 | 11:00 am
In 1923 the owner of the Los Angeles Times, Harry Chandler, the banker and railroad owner, General M. H. Sherman, and developer Sidney H. Woodruff formed a real estate syndicate to develop a 500-acre ...
