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Wright Brothers
August 9, 2022 By Barbara Feldman
On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made the world’s first flight in a power-driven, heavier-than-air machine that cost about $1000 to build. With Orville at the controls and Wilbur on the ground, the plane flew 120 feet in twelve …[Continue]

Magnetism
August 2, 2022 By Barbara Feldman
Magnetism is a force that attracts and repels things. It is the result of the movement of charged particles. Although the theoretical concept may sound difficult, it is easy to demonstrate to even young children with very simple experiments. Nickel …[Continue]

Star-Spangled Banner
July 26, 2022 By Barbara Feldman
“Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light / What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming? / Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, / O’er the ramparts we watched were so …[Continue]
Surfing the Calendar
- National Inventor’s MonthAugust
- Get Ready for Kindergarten MonthAugust
- IBM Launches PCAug 12, 1981
- Perseids Meteor ShowerAug 12-13, 2022
- Berlin Wall ErectedAug 13, 1961
- Annie Oakley’s BirthdayAug 13, 1860
- Hans Christian Ørsted’s BirthdayAug 14, 1777
- PowerPoint First ReleasedAug 14, 1984
- Sand Castle DayAug 14, 2022
- Completion of Transcontinental U.S. RailwayAug 15, 1870
- Opening of Panama CanalAug 15, 1914
- Wilbur Wright’s BirthdayAug 16, 1867
- Meriwether Lewis’ BirthdayAug 18, 1774
- Nineteenth Amendment RatifiedAug 18, 1920
- Paula Danziger’s BirthdayAug 18, 1945
- Orville Wright’s BirthdayAug 19, 1871
- National Aviation DayAug 19, 2022
- More Surfing the Calendar