April 29, 1882, Werner von Siemens tested the world's first electric trolleybus, the Elektromote, on the streets of Berlin. “When I have time and money, I want to build an electro-magnetic hackney that will never leave me in the lurch.” Elektromote inventor Dr. Ernst Werner von Siemens in a letter to his brother Death Centenary […]
On April 28, 1947, the Kon-Tiki left Callao, Peru Kon-Tiki + prestige booklet From the Thor Heyerdahl Centenary set Issued by Norway Post April 28, 2014 Designer: Benjamin Stenmarck Norwegian scientist Thor Heyerdahl, along with 5 others and a parrot set off from Peru aboard a balsa logs raft. They sailed for 3 1/2 months, travelling 8,000 km […]
Pope Julius II excommunicates Venice on April 27, 1509 Pope Julius II From 500th Anniv. of Saint Peter's Basilica Vatican Post issued the set June 22, 2006 Venice From Tourism 2021 series Italian post issued the stamp June 30, 2021 In a fit of pique, the Pope booted the entire city-state of Venice to the […]
