Sir Isaac Newton

Born on Christmas Day, 1642, Isaac Newton was an English polymath. He was a key figure of both the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, along with publishing several important books that are still used today.

Perhaps one of his best-known theories was that of Gravity. At the time, he was working on celestial mechanics, using Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. This led to the Principia, which was published in 1687, explaining the ‘three universal laws of motion’.

Penguin Day

Did you know…Little Penguins (also known as Blue or Fairy) are the smallest, at just 16 inches tall? They weigh about 2 pounds and can be found in the warmer waters near Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that - Martin Luther King Jr.

Did you know…the first official English lottery was chartered by Queen Elizabeth I in 1566?

It was drawn in 1569 outside St. Paul’s Cathedral, with the purpose of raising funds for repairs. Every ticket had a prize, and was sold for 10 shillings.

Did you know…during the Great Frost of 1709, temperatures across Europe dropped to -40 Celsius?

The Grand Union Flag

Not to be confused with the Union Flag (UK), the Grand Union Flag is sometimes also known as the Congress Flag and was the first official flag of the United States of America.

The flag was first hoisted in 1775, and was mostly used by the Second Continental Congress, a de facto war government during the American Revolutionary War. As such, it contains the British flag in the canton, along with 13 alternating red and white stripes, which represent the thirteen colonies.