Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: May 28, 1936:  Alan Turing’s seminal paper, “On Computable Numbers,” is submitted for publication. Go to article.  May 28, 1937:

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday Eve. May 29, 1453: Constantinople falls to the Turks. May 29, 1919: Charles Strite files a patent for

Dear Friends, Tangents: May 27, 1851:  The world’s first chess tournament is held in London.  Adolf Anderssen, a maths teacher from Wroclaw,

Dear Friends, Tangents:  Happy Monday. May 26, 1896: The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published. The average price of the 11

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday. May 23, 1784: Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals, enabling clear vision for both near and

Dear Friends, Tangents: May 21, 1904:FIFA is founded as the governing body of football and takes responsibility for organizing the World Cup. May