Today we are celebrate the life of Sofia Kovalevskaya and the contributions she made to mathmatics. This holiday is also a grant-making program of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), funding workshops which encourage girls to explore mathematics. Sofia Vasilyevna...
Every year, the 21 June is taken as an opportunity to increase public awareness of the vital role that hydrography plays in everyone’s life. Hydrographic data provides a wealth of useful information to scientists conducting many types of research and hydrographers contribute to a healthy...
Today, June 24, back in 1947 was the day which led to the coining of the term "flying saucer." Flying Saucer Day marks the anniversary when in 1947, an amateur pilot named Kenneth Arnold was flying a small plane near Mount Rainier in Washington state when he spotted not one, but nine circular,...
World UFO Day is an awareness day for people to gather together and watch the skies for unidentified flying objects. In the past there were two days that were called World UFO day. July 2nd and the 24th of June. The WUFODO (World UFO Day Organization) declared July 2nd to be the official World UFO...
October 29th celebrates an important day in history that forever changed the way the world communicates, shops, travels, learns and stays up-to-date with current events. October 29 is Internet Day, also referred to as World Internet Day and/or International Internet Day. On this day back in 1969...
On Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright successfully flew the first powered flying machine in Kitty Hawk, N.C. Even though the flight lasted for only 12 seconds and 120 feet. On the fourth and final flight of the day, Wilbur traveled 852 feet, remaining airborne for 59 seconds. That morning,...