Apr 9, 2014 · The first computer The Difference Engine was the first automatic, mechanical calculator designed by British mathematician Charles Babbage, who proposed its construction …

Oct 13, 2015 · That the world’s first computer programmer was a Victorian woman is remarkable in itself, but that she was the daughter of one of literature’s most well-known poets adds such …

5th April 2019 By Jonathan Gordon Who Was Ada Lovelace? Both a pioneer of the Computer Age and the daughter of Lord Byron, the world’s first computer programmer was a complex …

Apr 26, 2014 · The machine first featured moveable wooden letters carved by hand, but the plucky inventor later developed an alloy from lead, tin and antimony that could be moulded …

Feb 27, 2015 · I introduced the salute into the Party at our first meeting in Weimar. The SS at once gave it a soldierly style.” One man stands alone with arms crossed as all around him …

Mar 26, 2014 · Photograph courtesy of the United States Government Printing Office. On this day in 1943, Elsie S Ott (1913-2006) became the first woman in United States history to receive …

Feb 26, 2015 · The Channel has so often saved Britain in the face of overwhelming odds but just how many times has this little stretch of water saved our bacon? Read on… 1216: Louis VIII of …

Mar 29, 2019 · As if this great achievement wasn’t enough, in 1969 he went on to become the first person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 11 mission. Read about more great …

Sep 3, 2015 · Sports fans today, and particularly football fans, treat their favourite sport almost like a religion. Stars are upheld as heroes and team rivalries can result in fighting and …

Nov 28, 2014 · The first type of cruise missile, the V-1 was a jet propelled flying bomb that was sent from hidden bases in the Harz Mountains in Germany to cause havoc on English targets. …