The first newspaper astrology column—forerunner of those authored by Sydney Omarr and Jeane Dixon—was published by Britain’s Sunday Express. After the birth of Princess Margaret in August 1930, the editor asked astrologer R.H. Naylor to do her horoscope. Naylor safely predicted her life would be “eventful.” Asked to create several […]

Georges Claude, a Frenchman who in 1910 exhibited the first neon sign at the Grand Palais in Paris, had a career of ups and downs. At one time, his Claude Neon company was so ubiquitous that many people thought “neon” was the inventor’s last name, rather than the gas used […]