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Blaise Pascal invents the calculating machine

19 Jun 2021

On this day in 1623 the French philosopher, mathematician and writer Blaise Pascal was born. One of the profoundest thinkers since the Graeco Roman period, Pascal’s great work, the Pensees or ‘thoughts’ are a series... Read More

Wellington slept at Waterloo

18 Jun 2021

On this day in 1815 the Battle of Waterloo was fought. As the Duke of Wellington later remarked, it was: ‘A damned close run thing.’ He would certainly know, having fought in at least twenty-four... Read More

James Weldon Johnson leads the Harlem Renaissance

17 Jun 2021

On this day in 1871 the American lawyer, civil rights activist and poet James Weldon Johnson was born. Johnson was also a diplomat who served as US consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua in the early... Read More

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