30 September 2010
On this day in history: Vacuum cleaner patented, 1901
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Hubert Cecil Booth began his engineering career as a draughtsman working in a team of engineers designing engines for new battleships for th...
29 September 2010
On this day in history: Blackpool tramway opened, 1885
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From the early nineteenth century, various towns and cities around the world introduced trams (streetcars) as a means of public transport. F...
28 September 2010
On this day in history: First flight around the World, 1924
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In 1923 the United States' Army Air Service decided to join the race to be the first to fly an aircraft around the world. Finding that n...
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