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19 hours ago · Bell's 1893 Volta Bureau building in Washington, D.C.. In 1880, when the French government awarded Alexander Graham Bell the Volta Prize of 50,000 francs for the invention of the telephone (equivalent to about US$10,000 at the time, or about $330,000 now), [2] he used the award to fund the Volta Laboratory (also known as the "Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory") in Washington, D.C. in collaboration with Sumner Tainter and Bell's cousin Chichester Bell. [3]
19 hours ago · Brigadier Archibald Sholto George Douglas CBE (1896—1981) General Sir Charles Whittingham Horsley Douglas GCB ADC (1850—1914) General Sir Charles W. H. Douglas (1850—1914), Chief of the Imperial General Staff; General Sir Howard Douglas (1776—1861), British general and colonial administrator; Major-General Henry Edward Manning Douglas
19 hours ago · Henry Sidgwick (Trinity), co-founder of the Society for Psychical Research and Newnham College, Cambridge. John Sperling (King's), founder of the University of Phoenix. Sir Thomas Sutton (unknown), founder of Charterhouse School. Geoffrey Thomas (Churchill), President of Kellogg College, Oxford.
19 hours ago · The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, on April 19, 1995, the second anniversary of the end to the Waco siege. The bombing remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.
19 hours ago · Frederick Miller – Miller beer creator [198] Frederick Pabst – founder of Pabst Brewery (with Philip Best) Tom Pastorius – founded Penn Brewery (Pennsylvania Brewing Co.) [199] [200] Frederick Schaefer – beer baron, started F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company [201] [202] Joseph Schlitz – beer baron, founded Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company ...
