A key idea for Advisist is to not just consume content from people, we also want to try to add a little content to the world every day. The Researcher has spent an incalculable amount of time providing us with interesting facts about every day. We tweet these out each day. We also have a calendar that have the facts for each day. (We still have 2021 calendars, just ask for one.)
The same information is listed on the front page of the website as well as collecting previous days here.
- October 31
Halloween - October 30
2012 Disney buys Lucasfilm - October 29
Internet Day - October 28
1956 Elvis gets the polio vaccine on television - October 27
1966 It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown premieres - October 26
1970 The first Doonesbury comic strip - October 25
2010 Sony retires the cassette Walkman - October 24
1901 First barrel ride over Niagara Falls - October 23
2001 Apple introduces the iPod - October 22
1938 The first Xerox copy - October 21
1879 Edison perfects the light bulb - October 20
1960 First automated Post Office in the US - October 19
1977 First landing of the Concorde in New York - October 18
1958 Tennis for Two is the first video game - October 17
2012 First planet discovered in Alpha Centauri - October 16
1923 Walt Disney Company founded - October 15
Global Handwashing Day - October 14
1947 Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier - October 13
2012 Space shuttle Endeavour rides through Los Angeles - October 12
1979 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy published - October 11
Indigenous Peoples’ Day - October 10
1979 Pac-Man debuts - October 9
1876 First transcontinental phone call - October 8
World Octopus Day - October 7
1952 The barcode is patented - October 6
2011 We Built this City named worst song of the 1980s - October 5
1969 Monty Python’s Flying Circus debuts - October 4
2004 SpaceShipOne wins $10 million Ansari X Prize - October 3
1920 The first game of the NFL - October 2
1950 The debut of Peanuts