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History_Bits

  1. “@DansHistoryFact In 1897 Bayer pharmaceuticals produced a new drug, heroin, as a cough suppressant and treatment for morphine addiction.”” 9:59 AM May 18th via Plume for Android
  2. However, we could be eating 'portsmouths' today as the Earl had been given the choice between the earldoms of Sandwich and Portsmouth. 6:13 AM May 12th via Plume for Android
  3. in 1762, the 4th Earl of Sandwich asked for a slice of beef between two pieces of bread. The 'sandwich' soon became fashionable... 6:09 AM May 12th via Plume for Android
  4. “@thehistoryguy “@DansHistoryFact On the evening of D-day three enterprising Frenchwomen started a ... tmi.me/pqsvG 12:30 PM May 3rd via Plume for Android
  5. Second World War spies sometimes used urine to write secret notes. It worked like invisible ink. 10:37 AM Apr 21st via Plume for Android
  6. In 1881, the world's first public electricity supply was established in the town of Godalming in Surrey. 4:05 AM Apr 20th via Plume for Android
  7. Florence Nightingale invented the pie chart. She used it to represent casualties in the Crimean War. 9:54 AM Apr 11th via Plume for Android
  8. @kettls :D 11:06 AM Apr 9th via Plume for Android in reply to kettls
  9. The first stamp (a penny black) was sent on a letter from Bath in 1840. 8:04 AM Mar 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  10. “@thehistoryguy Everyday on the Western Front, even during quiet perods, the Brits allowed for a (cont) tl.gd/g7ag4c 3:48 AM Mar 2nd via Plume for Android
  11. On 14th February 1852,the Hospital For Sick Children (Great Ormond Street) in London opened.The First Children's Hospital in the UK. 7:08 PM Feb 15th via Plume for Android
  12. Twelve UK Prime Ministers have been in office since the accession of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952. 9:35 AM Feb 6th via Plume for Android
  13. “@ihr_history RT @ArchiveAtBBC: The history of Bloody Sunday as told through 40 years of the BBC archive bbc.in/yjyLNs” 9:14 AM Jan 30th via Plume for Android
  14. @darkjewel I do. :) 8:24 PM Jan 17th via Plume for Android in reply to darkjewel
  15. @darkjewel Hello.:) 8:23 AM Dec 30th, 2011 via Plume for Android
  16. On 7th December 1941 the Japanese attacked the American military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, bringing the USA into the Second World War. 4:19 AM Dec 7th, 2011 via UberSocial for BlackBerry
  17. November 2011 is the first time that there are no known First World War veterans left to mark Armistice Day. The last died at 110 years old. 7:35 AM Nov 12th, 2011 via UberSocial for BlackBerry
  18. The first Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded in 1901 to German physicist Wilhelm Rontgen for the discovery of the X-ray (1895). 8:27 AM Nov 8th, 2011 via UberSocial for BlackBerry
  19. Interested in local history? historicaldirectories.org. Scans of original English (& some Welsh) trade directories (19th/20th century). 8:06 PM Oct 16th, 2011 via UberSocial for BlackBerry
  20. 'Mad as a hatter'-Mercury was used in hat making in the 19th century.Hat makers suffered mercury poisoning,which led to insanity (dementia). 8:52 PM Sep 29th, 2011 via UberSocial for BlackBerry