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André Kertész

André Kertész
André Kertész

André Kertész (1894–1985) was a Hungarian-born photographer distinguished by his photographic composition and by his early efforts in developing the photo essay.(more...)

New York State Route 32

Looking north on NY 32 in the Town of Cornwall
Looking north on NY 32 in the Town of Cornwall

New York State Route 32 is a north–south state highway that extends for 176.73 miles (284.42 km) through the Hudson Valley and Capital District regions of the U.S. state of New York. (more...)

Atom

An illustration of the helium atom
An illustration of the helium atom

An atom is the smallest particle that comprises a chemical element. An atom consists of an electron cloud that surrounds a dense nucleus. (more...)

Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating-current electricity supply system. This photograph, taken in Tesla's laboratory in Colorado Springs in December 1899, supposedly shows him reading in a chair next to his giant "magnifying transmitter" high-voltage generator while the machine produces huge bolts of electricity. The image was created through a double exposure as part of a promotional stunt by the photographer Dickenson V. Alley. The machine's huge sparks were first photographed in the darkened room, then the photographic plate was exposed again with the machine off and Tesla sitting in the chair. Tesla admitted that the photograph was false in his book Colorado Springs Notes, 1899–1900.

Photograph credit: Dickenson V. Alley; restored by Bammesk
In the news

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July 9
India submits its nuclear safeguards agreement to the International Atomic Energy Agency to implement the Indo-US nuclear deal.
July 9
In Grenada, Tillman Thomas succeeds Keith Mitchell as the new Prime Minister following the National Democratic Congress' win in the general elections.
July 9
Iran test-fires the Shahab-3, a missile with an operating range of 2,100 km (1,300 mi), amid rising international tensions over the country's nuclear program.
July 8
Leaders of the nations meeting in Japan for the 34th G8 summit agree to a target of cutting world greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent by 2050.
July 7
A suicide bomber rams a car bomb into the Indian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing 58 people.
July 6
An explosion near the Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, kills at least 18 people on the first anniversary of the deadly siege and storming of the mosque.

On this day...

July 10: Independence Day in the Bahamas (1973)

Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
More anniversaries:
The first recording of vocal blues music by an African-American singer: Mamie Smith's performance of Perry Bradford's "Crazy Blues" in 1920. (file info)

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