AJ Poots PhD FLS
@ajpoots-phd.bsky.social
health services researcher: person centred care, data analytics, research methods coach. biology undergrad, ecology postgrad
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views my own. reposts are not endorsements.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2331-0904
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aj-Poots-2
#nearthisday 16 sep 1918
RA Fisher shows continuous variation can be the result of Mendelian (the chap with the peas) inheritance.
'Spanish' flu arrived, will kill ~50 million people.
www.onthisday.com/articles/the...
Charles Strite invents the pop-up toaster.
World War I Armistice signed
RA Fisher shows continuous variation can be the result of Mendelian (the chap with the peas) inheritance.
'Spanish' flu arrived, will kill ~50 million people.
www.onthisday.com/articles/the...
Charles Strite invents the pop-up toaster.
World War I Armistice signed
The 1918 Flu Pandemic
A village in Alaska was almost wiped out on this day as the 1918 flu pandemic took its toll. Are there lessons for the world in how to combat future pandemics?
www.onthisday.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
#nearthisday 16 sep 1918
RA Fisher shows continuous variation can be the result of Mendelian (the chap with the peas) inheritance.
'Spanish' flu arrived, will kill ~50 million people.
www.onthisday.com/articles/the...
Charles Strite invents the pop-up toaster.
World War I Armistice signed
RA Fisher shows continuous variation can be the result of Mendelian (the chap with the peas) inheritance.
'Spanish' flu arrived, will kill ~50 million people.
www.onthisday.com/articles/the...
Charles Strite invents the pop-up toaster.
World War I Armistice signed
#nearthisday 15 Sep 1917
French-Canadian microbiologist Félix d'Hérelle, working in Paris, announced his discovery of bacteriophage
Ernest Rutherford (at the Victoria University of Manchester) achieved nuclear transmutation of nitrogen into oxygen, in which he discovered and named the proton.
French-Canadian microbiologist Félix d'Hérelle, working in Paris, announced his discovery of bacteriophage
Ernest Rutherford (at the Victoria University of Manchester) achieved nuclear transmutation of nitrogen into oxygen, in which he discovered and named the proton.
September 15, 2026 at 8:52 PM
#nearthisday 15 Sep 1917
French-Canadian microbiologist Félix d'Hérelle, working in Paris, announced his discovery of bacteriophage
Ernest Rutherford (at the Victoria University of Manchester) achieved nuclear transmutation of nitrogen into oxygen, in which he discovered and named the proton.
French-Canadian microbiologist Félix d'Hérelle, working in Paris, announced his discovery of bacteriophage
Ernest Rutherford (at the Victoria University of Manchester) achieved nuclear transmutation of nitrogen into oxygen, in which he discovered and named the proton.
#nearthisday 14 Sep 1916
British Royal Army Medical Corps carried out first successful blood transfusion using stored and cooled blood
Easter Rising of Irish republicans against British occupation in Dublin
Battle of the Somme in World War I, 5 miles of mudcost 1 million casualties.
British Royal Army Medical Corps carried out first successful blood transfusion using stored and cooled blood
Easter Rising of Irish republicans against British occupation in Dublin
Battle of the Somme in World War I, 5 miles of mudcost 1 million casualties.
September 14, 2026 at 7:52 PM
#nearthisday 14 Sep 1916
British Royal Army Medical Corps carried out first successful blood transfusion using stored and cooled blood
Easter Rising of Irish republicans against British occupation in Dublin
Battle of the Somme in World War I, 5 miles of mudcost 1 million casualties.
British Royal Army Medical Corps carried out first successful blood transfusion using stored and cooled blood
Easter Rising of Irish republicans against British occupation in Dublin
Battle of the Somme in World War I, 5 miles of mudcost 1 million casualties.
#nearthisday 13 Sep 1915
Walter Bradford Cannon coined term fight or flight to describe animal's response to threats
World War 1 saw use of chlorine gas as poison, as well as Gallipoli and Champagne offensives.
Cecil Chubb bought Stonehenge for £6,600 and later donated it to the British nation
Walter Bradford Cannon coined term fight or flight to describe animal's response to threats
World War 1 saw use of chlorine gas as poison, as well as Gallipoli and Champagne offensives.
Cecil Chubb bought Stonehenge for £6,600 and later donated it to the British nation
September 13, 2026 at 7:05 PM
#nearthisday 13 Sep 1915
Walter Bradford Cannon coined term fight or flight to describe animal's response to threats
World War 1 saw use of chlorine gas as poison, as well as Gallipoli and Champagne offensives.
Cecil Chubb bought Stonehenge for £6,600 and later donated it to the British nation
Walter Bradford Cannon coined term fight or flight to describe animal's response to threats
World War 1 saw use of chlorine gas as poison, as well as Gallipoli and Champagne offensives.
Cecil Chubb bought Stonehenge for £6,600 and later donated it to the British nation
#nearthisday 12 sep 1914
Archduke of Austria & wife Sophie assassinated by Bosnian-Serb assassin in Sarajevo, setting off chain of events that lead to World War I
Foxtrot first danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden in New York City
Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies, in Cincinnati Zoo
Archduke of Austria & wife Sophie assassinated by Bosnian-Serb assassin in Sarajevo, setting off chain of events that lead to World War I
Foxtrot first danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden in New York City
Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies, in Cincinnati Zoo
September 12, 2026 at 10:27 PM
#nearthisday 12 sep 1914
Archduke of Austria & wife Sophie assassinated by Bosnian-Serb assassin in Sarajevo, setting off chain of events that lead to World War I
Foxtrot first danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden in New York City
Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies, in Cincinnati Zoo
Archduke of Austria & wife Sophie assassinated by Bosnian-Serb assassin in Sarajevo, setting off chain of events that lead to World War I
Foxtrot first danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden in New York City
Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies, in Cincinnati Zoo
#nearthisday 11 Sep 1913
Altitude effects are still being studied www.jstor.org/stable/92005
William Temple Hornaday published Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation.
Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley in Sheffield,
Altitude effects are still being studied www.jstor.org/stable/92005
William Temple Hornaday published Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation.
Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley in Sheffield,
September 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
#nearthisday 11 Sep 1913
Altitude effects are still being studied www.jstor.org/stable/92005
William Temple Hornaday published Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation.
Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley in Sheffield,
Altitude effects are still being studied www.jstor.org/stable/92005
William Temple Hornaday published Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation.
Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley in Sheffield,
#nearthisday 10 Sep 1912
A good place to go climbing and biking www.jstor.org/stable/91981
The Titanic sunk.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, stuck in a tent near the South Pole, mades his last diary entry "the end cannot be far"
A good place to go climbing and biking www.jstor.org/stable/91981
The Titanic sunk.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, stuck in a tent near the South Pole, mades his last diary entry "the end cannot be far"
September 10, 2026 at 8:02 PM
#nearthisday 10 Sep 1912
A good place to go climbing and biking www.jstor.org/stable/91981
The Titanic sunk.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, stuck in a tent near the South Pole, mades his last diary entry "the end cannot be far"
A good place to go climbing and biking www.jstor.org/stable/91981
The Titanic sunk.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, stuck in a tent near the South Pole, mades his last diary entry "the end cannot be far"
Reposted by AJ Poots PhD FLS
Over 6,000 people die by suicide a year in Britain & Ireland
Suicide is not inevitable. You can interrupt someone’s suicidal thoughts. You could save a life.
If you think someone might be suicidal, take action, interrupt their thoughts & show them you care
https://ow.ly/gXmI50ZLQOP
Suicide is not inevitable. You can interrupt someone’s suicidal thoughts. You could save a life.
If you think someone might be suicidal, take action, interrupt their thoughts & show them you care
https://ow.ly/gXmI50ZLQOP
September 10, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Over 6,000 people die by suicide a year in Britain & Ireland
Suicide is not inevitable. You can interrupt someone’s suicidal thoughts. You could save a life.
If you think someone might be suicidal, take action, interrupt their thoughts & show them you care
https://ow.ly/gXmI50ZLQOP
Suicide is not inevitable. You can interrupt someone’s suicidal thoughts. You could save a life.
If you think someone might be suicidal, take action, interrupt their thoughts & show them you care
https://ow.ly/gXmI50ZLQOP
#nearthisday 09 Sep 1911
Was going to post one about thyroid and remind you of the 4 paper series i coauthored but the title of this intrigued me www.jstor.org/stable/91968
Hiram Bingham rediscoversed Machu Picchu Lost City of the Incas
Roald Amundsen's Antarctic expedition 1st to reach South Pole
Was going to post one about thyroid and remind you of the 4 paper series i coauthored but the title of this intrigued me www.jstor.org/stable/91968
Hiram Bingham rediscoversed Machu Picchu Lost City of the Incas
Roald Amundsen's Antarctic expedition 1st to reach South Pole
September 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
#nearthisday 09 Sep 1911
Was going to post one about thyroid and remind you of the 4 paper series i coauthored but the title of this intrigued me www.jstor.org/stable/91968
Hiram Bingham rediscoversed Machu Picchu Lost City of the Incas
Roald Amundsen's Antarctic expedition 1st to reach South Pole
Was going to post one about thyroid and remind you of the 4 paper series i coauthored but the title of this intrigued me www.jstor.org/stable/91968
Hiram Bingham rediscoversed Machu Picchu Lost City of the Incas
Roald Amundsen's Antarctic expedition 1st to reach South Pole
#nearthusday 07.Sept 1910
Chicago cardiologist James B. Herrickt 1st published finding sickle cells in blood of a patient with anemia
1st seaplane takeoff from water under own power, piloted by Henri Fabre in Étang de Berre lagoon, Martigues, France
Photography tips www.nature.com/articles/084...
Chicago cardiologist James B. Herrickt 1st published finding sickle cells in blood of a patient with anemia
1st seaplane takeoff from water under own power, piloted by Henri Fabre in Étang de Berre lagoon, Martigues, France
Photography tips www.nature.com/articles/084...
The Photographic Annual, 1910–11, Incorporating the Figures, Facts, and Formulae of Photography A Guide to their Practical Use - Nature
Nature - The Photographic Annual, 1910–11, Incorporating the Figures, Facts, and Formulae of Photography A Guide to their Practical Use
www.nature.com
September 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
#nearthusday 07.Sept 1910
Chicago cardiologist James B. Herrickt 1st published finding sickle cells in blood of a patient with anemia
1st seaplane takeoff from water under own power, piloted by Henri Fabre in Étang de Berre lagoon, Martigues, France
Photography tips www.nature.com/articles/084...
Chicago cardiologist James B. Herrickt 1st published finding sickle cells in blood of a patient with anemia
1st seaplane takeoff from water under own power, piloted by Henri Fabre in Étang de Berre lagoon, Martigues, France
Photography tips www.nature.com/articles/084...
#nearthisday 06 Sep 1909
Danish plant physiologist Wilhelm Johannsen introduced the term "Gene"
Ivy Evelyn Woodward admitted as 1st woman Member of Royal College of Physicians
Louis Bleriot 1st man to fly across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air craft
Bakelite invented.
Danish plant physiologist Wilhelm Johannsen introduced the term "Gene"
Ivy Evelyn Woodward admitted as 1st woman Member of Royal College of Physicians
Louis Bleriot 1st man to fly across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air craft
Bakelite invented.
September 6, 2026 at 7:20 PM
#nearthisday 06 Sep 1909
Danish plant physiologist Wilhelm Johannsen introduced the term "Gene"
Ivy Evelyn Woodward admitted as 1st woman Member of Royal College of Physicians
Louis Bleriot 1st man to fly across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air craft
Bakelite invented.
Danish plant physiologist Wilhelm Johannsen introduced the term "Gene"
Ivy Evelyn Woodward admitted as 1st woman Member of Royal College of Physicians
Louis Bleriot 1st man to fly across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air craft
Bakelite invented.
#nearthisday 05 Sep 1908
Birdnose?
www.jstor.org/stable/91954
Tunguska event in Siberia
The first of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobiles produced in Detroit
Robert Baden-Powell published "Scouting for Boys"
Birdnose?
www.jstor.org/stable/91954
Tunguska event in Siberia
The first of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobiles produced in Detroit
Robert Baden-Powell published "Scouting for Boys"
September 5, 2026 at 10:55 PM
#nearthisday 05 Sep 1908
Birdnose?
www.jstor.org/stable/91954
Tunguska event in Siberia
The first of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobiles produced in Detroit
Robert Baden-Powell published "Scouting for Boys"
Birdnose?
www.jstor.org/stable/91954
Tunguska event in Siberia
The first of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobiles produced in Detroit
Robert Baden-Powell published "Scouting for Boys"
#nearthisday 04 Sep 1907
George Soper identified "Typhoid Mary" Mallon as asymptomatic carrier of typhoid in New York
Dengue fever shown to be second disease to be caused by virus
Ivan Pavlov demonstrated conditioned responses with salivating dogs
Last confirmed sighting of a Huia in New Zealand
George Soper identified "Typhoid Mary" Mallon as asymptomatic carrier of typhoid in New York
Dengue fever shown to be second disease to be caused by virus
Ivan Pavlov demonstrated conditioned responses with salivating dogs
Last confirmed sighting of a Huia in New Zealand
September 4, 2026 at 8:50 PM
#nearthisday 04 Sep 1907
George Soper identified "Typhoid Mary" Mallon as asymptomatic carrier of typhoid in New York
Dengue fever shown to be second disease to be caused by virus
Ivan Pavlov demonstrated conditioned responses with salivating dogs
Last confirmed sighting of a Huia in New Zealand
George Soper identified "Typhoid Mary" Mallon as asymptomatic carrier of typhoid in New York
Dengue fever shown to be second disease to be caused by virus
Ivan Pavlov demonstrated conditioned responses with salivating dogs
Last confirmed sighting of a Huia in New Zealand
#nearthisday 03 Sep 1906
Water in trees www.jstor.org/stable/91942
Clemens Peter von Pirquet and Béla Schick coin term allergy
Andrey Markov produced his 1st theories on Markov chain processes
International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin selected SOS · · · – – – · · · as worldwide standard
Water in trees www.jstor.org/stable/91942
Clemens Peter von Pirquet and Béla Schick coin term allergy
Andrey Markov produced his 1st theories on Markov chain processes
International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin selected SOS · · · – – – · · · as worldwide standard
September 3, 2026 at 11:40 PM
#nearthisday 03 Sep 1906
Water in trees www.jstor.org/stable/91942
Clemens Peter von Pirquet and Béla Schick coin term allergy
Andrey Markov produced his 1st theories on Markov chain processes
International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin selected SOS · · · – – – · · · as worldwide standard
Water in trees www.jstor.org/stable/91942
Clemens Peter von Pirquet and Béla Schick coin term allergy
Andrey Markov produced his 1st theories on Markov chain processes
International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin selected SOS · · · – – – · · · as worldwide standard
#nearthisday 02 sep 1905
Parasitic fungi www.jstor.org/stable/91891
Terms genetics and hormone entered English language
Paul de Vivie invented 2-speed rear-wheel derailleur for bikes
Albert Einstein's paper On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies; special theory of relativity
Parasitic fungi www.jstor.org/stable/91891
Terms genetics and hormone entered English language
Paul de Vivie invented 2-speed rear-wheel derailleur for bikes
Albert Einstein's paper On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies; special theory of relativity
September 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
#nearthisday 02 sep 1905
Parasitic fungi www.jstor.org/stable/91891
Terms genetics and hormone entered English language
Paul de Vivie invented 2-speed rear-wheel derailleur for bikes
Albert Einstein's paper On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies; special theory of relativity
Parasitic fungi www.jstor.org/stable/91891
Terms genetics and hormone entered English language
Paul de Vivie invented 2-speed rear-wheel derailleur for bikes
Albert Einstein's paper On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies; special theory of relativity
#nearthisday 01 Sep 1904
Epinephrine first artificially synthesized by Friedrich Stolz.
Fiordland National Park in New Zealand created
Entente Cordiale settlee long-standing disagreements between UK and France over Morocco, Egypt, Africa, and the Pacific
Trans-Siberian Railway completed
Epinephrine first artificially synthesized by Friedrich Stolz.
Fiordland National Park in New Zealand created
Entente Cordiale settlee long-standing disagreements between UK and France over Morocco, Egypt, Africa, and the Pacific
Trans-Siberian Railway completed
September 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
#nearthisday 01 Sep 1904
Epinephrine first artificially synthesized by Friedrich Stolz.
Fiordland National Park in New Zealand created
Entente Cordiale settlee long-standing disagreements between UK and France over Morocco, Egypt, Africa, and the Pacific
Trans-Siberian Railway completed
Epinephrine first artificially synthesized by Friedrich Stolz.
Fiordland National Park in New Zealand created
Entente Cordiale settlee long-standing disagreements between UK and France over Morocco, Egypt, Africa, and the Pacific
Trans-Siberian Railway completed
#nearthisday 30 Aug 1902
Valerios Stais found Antikythera mechanism, considered to be oldest known analogue computer
Mountain gorilla discovered by Captain Robert von Beringe
#nearthisday 31 Aug 1903
Carl Chun described type specimen of vampire squid
First cowboy film "Kit Carson" premiered
Valerios Stais found Antikythera mechanism, considered to be oldest known analogue computer
Mountain gorilla discovered by Captain Robert von Beringe
#nearthisday 31 Aug 1903
Carl Chun described type specimen of vampire squid
First cowboy film "Kit Carson" premiered
August 30, 2026 at 11:12 PM
#nearthisday 30 Aug 1902
Valerios Stais found Antikythera mechanism, considered to be oldest known analogue computer
Mountain gorilla discovered by Captain Robert von Beringe
#nearthisday 31 Aug 1903
Carl Chun described type specimen of vampire squid
First cowboy film "Kit Carson" premiered
Valerios Stais found Antikythera mechanism, considered to be oldest known analogue computer
Mountain gorilla discovered by Captain Robert von Beringe
#nearthisday 31 Aug 1903
Carl Chun described type specimen of vampire squid
First cowboy film "Kit Carson" premiered
#nearthisday 29 Aug 1901
Don't eat this lotus www.jstor.org/stable/91879
Okapi found in the rainforests around Congo River, north east Zaire
Edmund Selous published Bird Watching in the UK, birdwatching becomes a term
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid rob a train of $40,000 in Wagner, Montana
Don't eat this lotus www.jstor.org/stable/91879
Okapi found in the rainforests around Congo River, north east Zaire
Edmund Selous published Bird Watching in the UK, birdwatching becomes a term
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid rob a train of $40,000 in Wagner, Montana
Client Challenge
www.jstor.org
August 29, 2026 at 7:37 PM
#nearthisday 29 Aug 1901
Don't eat this lotus www.jstor.org/stable/91879
Okapi found in the rainforests around Congo River, north east Zaire
Edmund Selous published Bird Watching in the UK, birdwatching becomes a term
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid rob a train of $40,000 in Wagner, Montana
Don't eat this lotus www.jstor.org/stable/91879
Okapi found in the rainforests around Congo River, north east Zaire
Edmund Selous published Bird Watching in the UK, birdwatching becomes a term
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid rob a train of $40,000 in Wagner, Montana
#nearthisday 27 28 Aug 1899 1900
Nervy birds www.jstor.org/stable/91839
Not gin www.jstor.org/stable/91813
National Trust in UK acquired first part of Wicken Fen, making it the country's oldest wetland nature reserve
Richard J Ussher and Robert Warren published The Birds of Ireland
Nervy birds www.jstor.org/stable/91839
Not gin www.jstor.org/stable/91813
National Trust in UK acquired first part of Wicken Fen, making it the country's oldest wetland nature reserve
Richard J Ussher and Robert Warren published The Birds of Ireland
August 28, 2026 at 9:11 PM
#nearthisday 27 28 Aug 1899 1900
Nervy birds www.jstor.org/stable/91839
Not gin www.jstor.org/stable/91813
National Trust in UK acquired first part of Wicken Fen, making it the country's oldest wetland nature reserve
Richard J Ussher and Robert Warren published The Birds of Ireland
Nervy birds www.jstor.org/stable/91839
Not gin www.jstor.org/stable/91813
National Trust in UK acquired first part of Wicken Fen, making it the country's oldest wetland nature reserve
Richard J Ussher and Robert Warren published The Birds of Ireland
#nearthisday 26 Aug 1898
Venomous poison? doi.org/10.1111/j.10...
Émile Zola published open letter "J'accuse" accusing French government of framing Alfred Dreyfus for sabotage
Canadian-American adventurer Joshua Slocum arrived in Newport, Rhode Island, completing 1st solo circumnavigation of globe
Venomous poison? doi.org/10.1111/j.10...
Émile Zola published open letter "J'accuse" accusing French government of framing Alfred Dreyfus for sabotage
Canadian-American adventurer Joshua Slocum arrived in Newport, Rhode Island, completing 1st solo circumnavigation of globe
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August 26, 2026 at 10:00 PM
#nearthisday 26 Aug 1898
Venomous poison? doi.org/10.1111/j.10...
Émile Zola published open letter "J'accuse" accusing French government of framing Alfred Dreyfus for sabotage
Canadian-American adventurer Joshua Slocum arrived in Newport, Rhode Island, completing 1st solo circumnavigation of globe
Venomous poison? doi.org/10.1111/j.10...
Émile Zola published open letter "J'accuse" accusing French government of framing Alfred Dreyfus for sabotage
Canadian-American adventurer Joshua Slocum arrived in Newport, Rhode Island, completing 1st solo circumnavigation of globe
#nearthisday 25 Aug 1897
Light and an enzyme
www.jstor.org/stable/91824
Aspirin synthesised and marketed by Felix Hoffmann at Bayer
Malaria causing Plasmodium found in mosquitoes, confirmed theory of spread
Dracula by Irish author Bram Stoker published
Balloon expedition to North Pole
Light and an enzyme
www.jstor.org/stable/91824
Aspirin synthesised and marketed by Felix Hoffmann at Bayer
Malaria causing Plasmodium found in mosquitoes, confirmed theory of spread
Dracula by Irish author Bram Stoker published
Balloon expedition to North Pole
August 25, 2026 at 8:46 PM
#nearthisday 25 Aug 1897
Light and an enzyme
www.jstor.org/stable/91824
Aspirin synthesised and marketed by Felix Hoffmann at Bayer
Malaria causing Plasmodium found in mosquitoes, confirmed theory of spread
Dracula by Irish author Bram Stoker published
Balloon expedition to North Pole
Light and an enzyme
www.jstor.org/stable/91824
Aspirin synthesised and marketed by Felix Hoffmann at Bayer
Malaria causing Plasmodium found in mosquitoes, confirmed theory of spread
Dracula by Irish author Bram Stoker published
Balloon expedition to North Pole
#missedthatday 22-24 August 1894-1896, i got busy living.
a selection
Patrick Manson theorised mosquitoes spread malaria
1st international meeting for protection of birds held in Paris
German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays
Spyridon Louis of Greece won inaugural Olympic marathon
a selection
Patrick Manson theorised mosquitoes spread malaria
1st international meeting for protection of birds held in Paris
German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays
Spyridon Louis of Greece won inaugural Olympic marathon
August 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
#missedthatday 22-24 August 1894-1896, i got busy living.
a selection
Patrick Manson theorised mosquitoes spread malaria
1st international meeting for protection of birds held in Paris
German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays
Spyridon Louis of Greece won inaugural Olympic marathon
a selection
Patrick Manson theorised mosquitoes spread malaria
1st international meeting for protection of birds held in Paris
German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays
Spyridon Louis of Greece won inaugural Olympic marathon
#nearthisfay 21 Aug 1893
Johns Hopkins Medical School opened
Daniel H. Williams completed the 1st successful open heart surgery
Henri Desgrange sets world's 1st bicycle speed record, 35.32 kmph
Gaelic League founded by Douglas Hyde and Eoin MacNeill to encourage Irish people to speak the language
Johns Hopkins Medical School opened
Daniel H. Williams completed the 1st successful open heart surgery
Henri Desgrange sets world's 1st bicycle speed record, 35.32 kmph
Gaelic League founded by Douglas Hyde and Eoin MacNeill to encourage Irish people to speak the language
August 21, 2026 at 7:50 PM
#nearthisfay 21 Aug 1893
Johns Hopkins Medical School opened
Daniel H. Williams completed the 1st successful open heart surgery
Henri Desgrange sets world's 1st bicycle speed record, 35.32 kmph
Gaelic League founded by Douglas Hyde and Eoin MacNeill to encourage Irish people to speak the language
Johns Hopkins Medical School opened
Daniel H. Williams completed the 1st successful open heart surgery
Henri Desgrange sets world's 1st bicycle speed record, 35.32 kmph
Gaelic League founded by Douglas Hyde and Eoin MacNeill to encourage Irish people to speak the language
#nearthatday 20 Aug 1892
Viruses first described by biologist Dmitri Ivanovsky
John Muir founded environmental organization the Sierra Club in San Francisco
1st human test of vaccine against cholera; Ukrainian bacteriologist Waldemar Haffkine risked his life by successfully testing it on himself
Viruses first described by biologist Dmitri Ivanovsky
John Muir founded environmental organization the Sierra Club in San Francisco
1st human test of vaccine against cholera; Ukrainian bacteriologist Waldemar Haffkine risked his life by successfully testing it on himself
August 20, 2026 at 11:29 PM
#nearthatday 20 Aug 1892
Viruses first described by biologist Dmitri Ivanovsky
John Muir founded environmental organization the Sierra Club in San Francisco
1st human test of vaccine against cholera; Ukrainian bacteriologist Waldemar Haffkine risked his life by successfully testing it on himself
Viruses first described by biologist Dmitri Ivanovsky
John Muir founded environmental organization the Sierra Club in San Francisco
1st human test of vaccine against cholera; Ukrainian bacteriologist Waldemar Haffkine risked his life by successfully testing it on himself
#nearthatday 19 Aug 1891
New Zealand set aside Resolution Island Fiordland as nature reserve
Great train robbery by the Dalton Gang: Southern Pacific #17
Public demo of Kinetograph moving pictures
Crompton & Co introduce electric kettle
Michelin patent removable pneumatic bicycle tire
New Zealand set aside Resolution Island Fiordland as nature reserve
Great train robbery by the Dalton Gang: Southern Pacific #17
Public demo of Kinetograph moving pictures
Crompton & Co introduce electric kettle
Michelin patent removable pneumatic bicycle tire
August 20, 2026 at 11:20 PM
#nearthatday 19 Aug 1891
New Zealand set aside Resolution Island Fiordland as nature reserve
Great train robbery by the Dalton Gang: Southern Pacific #17
Public demo of Kinetograph moving pictures
Crompton & Co introduce electric kettle
Michelin patent removable pneumatic bicycle tire
New Zealand set aside Resolution Island Fiordland as nature reserve
Great train robbery by the Dalton Gang: Southern Pacific #17
Public demo of Kinetograph moving pictures
Crompton & Co introduce electric kettle
Michelin patent removable pneumatic bicycle tire