In 1899, at Achères near Paris, Belgian driver Camille Jenatzy reached 105.88 km/h behind the wheel of 'La Jamais Contente' ('Never Satisfied'), a bullet-shaped racer driven by two electric motors and heavy batteries. It was the first time a road vehicle had topped 100 km/h. Electric cars then competed with steam and gasoline; the combustion engine only took over in the early 20th century.
Around 2300 BCE, Enheduanna, daughter of King Sargon of Akkad, became high priestess of the Moon god at Ur. She composed hymns to the goddess Inanna and put her name to them. She is the oldest person identified as the author of a literary work, about 1,500 years before Homer.
Squeeze Earth's 4.5 billion years into a single 24-hour day. Homo sapiens shows up around 11:59:54 p.m., roughly six seconds before midnight. All of written history, from Sumerian tablets to today, fits into the final tenth of a second. A cosmic blink.