June 28: Paul Broca - Surgeon known for the Convolution of Broca

JUNE 28 - Paul Broca, (born June 28, 1824, Sainte-Foy-laGrande, Fr.—died July 9, 1880, Paris), surgeon who was closely associated with the development of modern physical anthropology in France and whose study of brain lesions contributed significantly to understanding the origins of aphasia, the loss or impairment of the ability to form or articulate words. He founded the anthropology laboratory at the École des Hautes Études, Paris (1858), and the Société d’Anthropologie de Paris (1859).

Source:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Broca

JUNE 27: HELLEN KELLER DAY

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Helen Keller was an American educator, advocate for the blind and deaf and co-founder of the ACLU. Stricken by an illness at the age of 2, Keller was left blind and deaf. Beginning in 1887, Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, helped her make tremendous progress with her ability to communicate, and Keller went on to college, graduating in 1904. During her lifetime, she received many honors in recognition of her accomplishments.

Helen went on to become the first deaf and blind person to earn a bachelor’s degree at Radcliffe.  Helen was admired by no less than Mark Twain who introduced her to Henry Rogers of Standard Oil who in turn paid for her education.  Helen learned to read Braille, sign language (with her hands) and even how to speak, becoming a famous speaker and writer.

Source:

https://www.biography.com/activist/helen-keller

https://www.historyandheadlines.com/june-27-1980-helen-keller-day-established/

The Only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the Library- Albert Einstein

Today: JUNE 26: BIRTHDAY OF WILLIAM P. LEAR

American Aeronautical Engineer, Electrical Engineer and Inventor who founded the Lear Jet Corporation supplying corporate jet aircrafts. His many other inventions included patentsfor the car radio, eight tape player and aircraft navigation equipment.

Source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-P-Lear

https://todayinsci.com/L/Lear_William/Lear_William.htm

JUNE 26: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

JUNE 26: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is a United Nations International Day against drug abuse and the illegal drug trade. It is observed annually on 26 June, since 1989.

Source: https://www.unodc.org/drugs/indexNEW.html

TODAY: JUNE 25 – Birthday of Hermann Oberth – German Father of Rocketry

Hermann Oberth, the German father of rocketry, has a mixed legacy. On the one hand, he developed the V-2 rocket for Nazi Germany during World II. On the other hand, his ideas, rejected as implausible when he submitted them as part of his doctoral thesis, paved the way for the development of rocketry, and he later helped launch the United States into space.

Source:

https://www.space.com/20063-hermann-oberth.html

TODAY: JUNE 25 U.S. PATENT 1,718,305 awarded to George L. Pierce on June 25, 1929 for a “Basket Ball”.

James Naismith was a Canadian physical education instructor who invented basketball in 1891. The first formal rules were devised in 1892. Initially, players dribbled a football ball up and down a court of unspecified

dimensions. Points were earned by landing the ball in a peach basket. Iron hoops and a hammock-style basket were introduced in 1893. However, another decade passed before the innovation of open-ended nets put an end to the practice of manually retrieving the ball from the basket each time a goal was scored. US Patent #1,718,305 was granted to G L Pierce on June 25, 1929 for the "basketball" used in the game.

 

Sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/sponsored/patents-behind-basketball-180971830/

https://www.robinage.com/sports/know-more-basketball.htm