Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's novel 'Frankenstein or The new Prometheus' has influenced popular culture ever since and the story of its origin itself also holds for another gothic novel.
On this day in 1959, Anthropologist Mary Leakey discovered fossils of the Paranthropus boisei, which was falsely called the 'Nutcracker Man' for many years.
The Cowdray engravings are a set of images recording Henry VIII’s campaign in France during the summer of 1544 and the events of 19th July 1545 in Portsmouth, the Solent and the Isle of Wight, showing the attempt by the forces of the French King, Francis 1st, to invade England and wrest the crown from Henry. One of the most notable events that occurred during the “Battle of the Solent” was the loss of King Henry VIII’s vice flagship, the Mary Rose, and her sinking is clearly shown in this picture.