William Harvey Carney was awarded the Medal of Honor 🎖 for heroic actions in battle during the Battle of Fort Wagner in 1864. Though wounded severely twice, he never allowed the Flag 🇺🇸 he was carrying to touch the ground @facethenation
Carney was born a slave in 1840 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was able to escape slavery and made his way to the north settling in Massachusetts. In March 1863 he joined the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The first black soldier to earn the Medal of Honor.
Carney was born a slave in 1840 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was able to escape slavery and made his way to the north settling in Massachusetts. In March 1863 he joined the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The first black soldier to earn the Medal of Honor.
💡George Cove's third solar panel on September 1909 @facethenation
George Cove, a forgotten solar power pioneer, may have built a highly efficient photovoltaic panel 40 years before Bell Labs engineers invented silicon cells.
In 1909, Technical World Magazine wrote that “such a machine is cheap and indestructible as a kitchen range. Even in its present and somewhat crude and experimental state, given two days of sun, it will store sufficient electrical energy to light an ordinary house for a week. The inventor has proved this now for months in his establishment”.
George Cove did not understand how his solar generator worked, and neither did anyone else at the time. It was only with Einstein’s work on the photoelectric effect (in 1905) and later work in quantum mechanics (1930s and beyond) that the concept of a semiconductor bandgap was realized. 😱
George Cove, a forgotten solar power pioneer, may have built a highly efficient photovoltaic panel 40 years before Bell Labs engineers invented silicon cells.
In 1909, Technical World Magazine wrote that “such a machine is cheap and indestructible as a kitchen range. Even in its present and somewhat crude and experimental state, given two days of sun, it will store sufficient electrical energy to light an ordinary house for a week. The inventor has proved this now for months in his establishment”.
George Cove did not understand how his solar generator worked, and neither did anyone else at the time. It was only with Einstein’s work on the photoelectric effect (in 1905) and later work in quantum mechanics (1930s and beyond) that the concept of a semiconductor bandgap was realized. 😱
“What is created by one human mind can be unraveled by another,” said the young linguist Yuri Knorozov and cracked the Maya code (pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica) in the early 1950s, a task that was considered impossible by the leading scholars of the day @facethenation
The Islamic call to prayer being recited. Picture taken during the First Balkan War (1912-1913), Barata region of Bulgaria @facethenation
🌖🚀🌎 Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders became the first humans to see an Earthrise above the Moon's surface. They captured this iconic image and sent a message to all the people back on Earth, December 24, 1968 @facethenation
53 years ago, three NASA astronauts embarked on a journey that would take them “Round the moon and back”. The Apollo 8 mission proved the performance of the command and service module. This historic mission launched on December 21 to demonstrate a lunar trajectory and was the first manned launch of the Saturn V rocket.
53 years ago, three NASA astronauts embarked on a journey that would take them “Round the moon and back”. The Apollo 8 mission proved the performance of the command and service module. This historic mission launched on December 21 to demonstrate a lunar trajectory and was the first manned launch of the Saturn V rocket.
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🎄 The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is the “worldwide symbol of New Year“ @facethenation
Rockefeller Center has been celebrating the holidays since 1931 — workers set up a little tree in the middle of the muddy construction site while Center was being built.
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May 2022 be the best year of your life! Happy New Year! 🎉
Rockefeller Center has been celebrating the holidays since 1931 — workers set up a little tree in the middle of the muddy construction site while Center was being built.
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May 2022 be the best year of your life! Happy New Year! 🎉
“Gentlemen! We shall declare the republic tomorrow” is what modern Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk said on the night of October 28, 1923 as he addressed lawmakers and his close brothers-in-arms. One day later, the Turkish Parliament adopted the new regime type and elected Atatürk as the first president. @facethenation
The partition of the Ottoman Empire was a geopolitical event that occurred after WWI and the occupation of Constantinople by British, French and Italian troops in November 1918.
The Turkish War of Independence started on May 15, 1919 during the Greek invasion of Izmir and ended on July 24, 1923 upon the signing of the Lausanne Treaty.
The partition of the Ottoman Empire was a geopolitical event that occurred after WWI and the occupation of Constantinople by British, French and Italian troops in November 1918.
The Turkish War of Independence started on May 15, 1919 during the Greek invasion of Izmir and ended on July 24, 1923 upon the signing of the Lausanne Treaty.
🔥👨🚒 Fire at the well number 37 of Tengiz field. Huge fire lasted 398 days - from June 23, 1985 to July 27, 1986 @facethenation
Tengiz field is an oil and gas field located in northwestern Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, first discovered in 1979.
In case of liquidation of the accident was not without casualties. Have tried a variety of ways to extinguish the flames - from the air, from the ground. Offered to throw off the sky or drag on the ground to the mouth of the burning well as cover, multi-ton steel nashlёpku. As a result, a year later the well number 37 managed to drown out using directional explosion inside.
Tengiz field is an oil and gas field located in northwestern Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, first discovered in 1979.
In case of liquidation of the accident was not without casualties. Have tried a variety of ways to extinguish the flames - from the air, from the ground. Offered to throw off the sky or drag on the ground to the mouth of the burning well as cover, multi-ton steel nashlёpku. As a result, a year later the well number 37 managed to drown out using directional explosion inside.
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🇮🇹 Italian singer and actor Adriano Celentano released a song in the 70's with nonsense lyrics meant to sound like 🇺🇸 American English, apparently to prove Italians would like any English song. @facethenation
🤯 "Prisencolinensinainciusol" is so nonsensical that Celentano didn't even write down the lyrics, but instead improvised them over a looped beat.
It was a huge hit 🤪
🤯 "Prisencolinensinainciusol" is so nonsensical that Celentano didn't even write down the lyrics, but instead improvised them over a looped beat.
It was a huge hit 🤪
Georges Méliès at his toy shop at the Montparnasse station in Paris, 1929 @facethenation
Georges Melies, early French experimenter with motion pictures, the first to film fictional narratives. 🙌 Melies made over 500 films, acting, financing, directing, photographing, and designing the stage and costume for each one of them.
🎥🚀🌝 His 1902 silent film A Trip to the Moon is his most famous work, and is considered the first science fiction movie and one of the most influential films of cinema history.
The brutal realities of the Word War I of 1914 made the public lose interest in his fantasy films. Georges Melies' film company was forced into bankruptcy 😞. After being driven out of business Melies became a toy salesman at the Montparnasse station.
Georges Melies, early French experimenter with motion pictures, the first to film fictional narratives. 🙌 Melies made over 500 films, acting, financing, directing, photographing, and designing the stage and costume for each one of them.
🎥🚀🌝 His 1902 silent film A Trip to the Moon is his most famous work, and is considered the first science fiction movie and one of the most influential films of cinema history.
The brutal realities of the Word War I of 1914 made the public lose interest in his fantasy films. Georges Melies' film company was forced into bankruptcy 😞. After being driven out of business Melies became a toy salesman at the Montparnasse station.
👏 Senator Robert "Bobby" Kennedy during a campaign appearance in central Philadelphia, April 2, 1968 @facethenation
The younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, Robert served as his attorney general and was then elected senator from New York.
Robert entered the 1968 presidential race in opposition ✊ to the Johnson administration's Vietnam policy and as a progressive voice on urban and racial issues.
The younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, Robert served as his attorney general and was then elected senator from New York.
Robert entered the 1968 presidential race in opposition ✊ to the Johnson administration's Vietnam policy and as a progressive voice on urban and racial issues.
🇺🇸 American trainer trains 🇨🇳 Chinese soldiers, July 4, 1942 @facethenation
China was the first country to enter what would become WWII. On July 7, 1937, a clash between Chinese and Japanese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge, just outside Beijing, led to all-out war 💥.
Some 14 million Chinese died and up to 100 million became refugees during the eight years of conflict with Japan from 1937 to 1945.
China was the ally of the United States and the British empire from just after Pearl Harbor in 1941, to the Japanese surrender in 1945.
China was the first country to enter what would become WWII. On July 7, 1937, a clash between Chinese and Japanese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge, just outside Beijing, led to all-out war 💥.
Some 14 million Chinese died and up to 100 million became refugees during the eight years of conflict with Japan from 1937 to 1945.
China was the ally of the United States and the British empire from just after Pearl Harbor in 1941, to the Japanese surrender in 1945.