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Monday, August 01, 2011

Caroline Herschel, Maria Mitchell, Harriet Quimby August 1st



On this day in 1785, Caroline Herschel, became the first woman to discover a comet.
(to learn more about Herschel go to Beingwoman's Aug 1 entry 2006.)

On this day in 1911, Harriet Quimby was the first woman in the United States and the second woman in the world to receive a pilot's license.

Born this day in 1818, Maria Mitchell, astronomer. In 1847, she was the first American person to discover and record a comet sighting.

On this day in 1919, Queen Wilhelmina opened the first Air Fair in Amsterdam.
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