Und? wie weit hast du es gebracht? Jedenfalls andere haben in meinem Alter…
- Mark Twain published his first short story, “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog.”
- Danish novelist Hans Christian Andersen published his book of fairy tales.
- Nat Turner led a slave rebellion.
- U.S. mariner Moses Rogers made the first ocean steamboat voyage.
- Donald Trump persuaded bankers to lend him $80 million so he could buy the Commodore Hotel.
- Samuel Morse’s assistant, Alfred Lewis Vail, devised Morse code.
- Physicist Armand H. L. Fizeau measured the speed of light.
- Dr. Narinder Kapany invented fiber optics and designed a glass gastroscope which can be snaked down the throat for a detailed view of the stomach.
- Hank Williams overdosed on drugs and alcohol.
- Bill Gates was the first person ever to become a billionaire by age 30.
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