For today’s Friday Fun Facts I have been researching events
that happened on September 21st in history.
It is great to find interesting things about a certain snap
shot in time hope you enjoy them as much as I have finding them and please
share them with your children.
So on this day September 21st…..
- 1784 the first ever newspaper was published in Philadelphia
USA
- The French monarchy was no more in 1792
- Duryea Motor Wagon Company who were the first auto manufacture opened their
doors in 1894
- 1930 saw the flash bulb be patented
- In 1937 the famous Hobbit by J R R Tolkien was first published (it would
go on to make even more history!)
- 1952 saw CBS debut Perry Mason
- My current place of residence Singapore was admitted to the UN in 1965
- 1984 NASA launches the Galaxy C
- 1996 JFK Jr gets married to Caroline Bessete
- Space fact Galileo mission terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's
atmosphere, where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes in 2003
These cool facts all came from http://www.datesinhistory.com/sep21.php it is super fun
to explore any date in the calendar to see what went on!
Happy Play Times :-)
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