21 Feb 1947. Have you ever used a Polaroid camera? The portable device allows you to snap a photo, which is then printed straight out of the camera itself in seconds. This is all thanks to the work of Edwin Herbert Land. It was 1943 when his three-year-old daughter...
19 Feb 2014. Charlotte May Pierstorff (May 12, 1908 – April 25, 1987) was shipped alive through the United States postal system by parcel post on February 19, 1914.[1][2][3] After the incident, parcel post regulations were changed to prohibit the shipment of...
17 Feb 1753. Sweden’s transition to the Gregorian calendar was difficult and protracted. Sweden started to make the change from the Julian calendar and towards the Gregorian calendar in 1700, but it was decided to make the (then 11-day) adjustment gradually by...
