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On this day 18 May

17. 5. 2018In 1711 in Dubrovnik, Croatian scientist Rudjer Josip Boskovic is born. He produced a precursor of atomic theory and made many contributions to astronomy.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/18-may/455174

On this day 6 April

4. 4. 2018In 885 St. Method, brother of St. Cyril, dies. Together they invented the Glagolithic alphabet. In 648 BC the old Greeks first describe a solar eclipse.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/6-april/450874

On this day 21 February

18. 2. 2018In 1842 John J. Greenough patented the sewing machine. In 1878 the first telephone directory was published in Connecticut.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/21-february/446325

On this day 27 January

24. 1. 2018In 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg the master of Viennese classics Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born. Among his best known works are The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/27-january/444043

On this day 29 December

20. 12. 2017In 1721, Madame de Pompadour, mistress of the French King Louis XV, is born. In 1876, Catalan composer and the greatest cellist of all time Pablo Casals is born.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/29-december/441010

14. 12. 2017In 1915, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer dies. He is credited with identifying the first published case of presenile dementia, later identified as Alzheimer's disease.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/19-december/440502

On this day 13 December

13. 12. 2017In 1797 German poet, leading representative of Young Germany, Heinrich Heine is born. In 1903 the ice cream cone is patented. The first ice cream cone was produced in 1896 by Italo Marchiony.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/13-december/440358

On this day 1 November

31. 10. 2017In 835, at the behest of Pope Gregory IV, All Saints' Day is changed from 13. May to 1. November.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/1-november/436652

On this day 26 October

22. 10. 2017In 1863, the Red Cross is founded. In Geneva, representatives from sixteen countries met and on the initiative of the Swiss gentleman Jean-Henri Dunant this charity organization was founded.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/26-october/435815