MessageToEagle.com – On August 27, 1783, the first experimental hydrogen-filled balloon leaves Champs de Mars, Paris, unmanned, and reaches a 900m altitude. The balloon had a 13ft (4m)

MessageToEagle.com – On the afternoon of August 26, 1883, Krakatoa erupted in 1883, in one of the largest, natural eruptions in recent time. Krakatoa is an island volcano

MessageToEagle.com – On 25 August 1609, exactly 407 years ago today, the Italian astronomer and philosopher Galilei Galileo showed Venetian merchants his new invention, a telescope, an important

MessageToEagle.com – We know that the universe is roughly 14 billion years old, and that one day in the future the Universe will most likely cease to exist it

MessageToEagle.com – On the morning of August 24, 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted and broke its centuries-long silence. Its great cloud of hot ash, stones and poisonous gases completely

MessageToEagle.com – The giant squid was long considered to be true sea monster. Today, many people still believe in myths and legends about this extraordinary creature lurking beneath the waters.

MessageToEagle.com – On August 23, 1305, great Scottish hero William Wallace was hanged, drawn and cut into pieces. It was a traitor’s death. On this day William Wallace

MessageToEagle.com – On 22 August 1572, “Earl of Northumberland” Thomas Percy was executed because he was Catholic. Thomas Percy was a Catholic and lived when the Protestant Queen

MessageToEagle.com – Scientists have tried to solve the mystery of why large parts of Canada are missing gravity. In the in the 1960s when the Earth’s global gravity fields

MessageToEagle.com – On August 21, 1680, Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish. Pueblo Indians were a peaceful people who managed to endure much after New Mexico’s

MessageToEagle. com – On August 20, 1940, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky was fatally stabbed by a pick of an ice axe in his skull. The next day

MessageToEagle.com – On August 19, 1759, continued the naval Battle of Lagos between the Royal Navy of Britain and France, which began one day earlier. This historical event

MessageToEagle.com – On August 18, 1227, Genghis Khan died during the siege of Ningxia. The cause of his death remains unknown and has been attributed to being slain

MessageToEagle.com – They are among the most fascinating cosmic phenomena. Astronomers know them as blazars and each of them harbors a supermassive black hole and jets emanating in opposite

MessageToEagle.com – On August 17, 1970, the Venera 7, a Soviet spacecraft, part of the Venera series of probes to Venus was launched from Earth. When it landed

MessageToEagle.com – Deserts make up about 33% of the Earth’s surface. In ancient times, places that are today covered with sand where green, warm and had access to

MessageToEagle.com – On August 16, 1896, while camping near Rabbit Creek near the Klondike River in Canada’s Yukon Territory, George Carmack reportedly spotted nuggets of gold in a

MessageToEagle.com – The power of our thoughts seems sometimes almost limitless. Our thoughts are still a mystery to scientists but new studies promise interesting results that people of all

MessageToEagle.com – On 15 August 1057, the Battle of Lumphanan was fought between Macbeth, King of Scotland, and Máel Coluim mac Donnchada, the future King Malcolm III, the

MessageToEagle.com – Scientists have discovered the so-called ‘Blue Whirl’ flame, a new kind of fire with extraordinary properties that can help us improve our environment. The refined flame

MessageToEagle.com – On August 14, 1720, Spanish Villasur expedition was wiped out by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska. In June 1720, a Spanish military force

MessageToEagle.com – Lake Hillier is an extraordinary pink lake on Middle Island, Australia. The lake is small, only about 1969 feet (600 meters) long and its width is not

MessageToEagle.com – On 13 August 1792, the National Tribunal in Paris, formally arrested King Louis XVI of France and the royal family, including Queen Mary Antoinette, the king’s

MessageToEagle.com – The Devil’s Sinkhole – located a few miles northeast of Rocksprings, in Edwards County, Texas – is probably the largest known single-chamber cave in the state.

MessageToEagle.com – On August 12, 1990, the largest and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton to date was discovered and nicknamed “Sue”. The discoverer was the paleontologist Susan “Sue” Hendrickson.