In 1918, the last known Carolina parakeet (the only parrot species native to the eastern USA) died in Cincinnati Zoo; declared extinct in 1939. All evidence points to human activities (e.g. deforestation) being the main reason for their extinction.
In 1918, US-astrophysicist Dr Harlow Shapley proved that globular clusters are arranged in a halo whose centre is of the galaxy: he realized that The Milky Way is far larger than previously-believed; supporting The Copernican principle: the Earth is not the centre of anything.
@Rosie_H_Taylor One thinks of 'The War of the Worlds' by H.G. Wells...
@sparkle_jenni It reminds me a little of 'Echo and Narcissus' (1903) by J.W. Waterhouse...
A simple referendum would decide whether or not the British people want to abolish the monarchy. The Constitution makes it complicated and unlikely: Section 41 of The Constitution Act requires absolute political agreement on abolishing the office of monarch.
In 1972, the first organized storm chasing took place when a team from the US-National Severe Storms Laboratory drove toward a mesocyclone in Oklahoma, to collect data. The Tornado Intercept Project was created by the lab and The University of Oklahoma.
@EarthKeeper22 @RolytheH Not really the same thing: Peter Rabbit is closer to what I mean.
@TessBentley47 I very much like 'The Scarlet Letter' (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne, which highlights the hypocrisies of the Puritan patriarchs of Massachusetts (1642-49); proclaiming any woman who went against them as 'witch'.
