1743: German physicist
, who discovered uranium, zirconium, and cerium,
was born. 1792: Russian mathematician
, who is credited with developing non-Euclidean
geometry, was born. 1935: German astronomer
, who invented the type of reflecting telescope
named after him (Schmidt
, etc.), died. 1941: The U.S.
Civil Air Patrol
was created. 1941:
, inventor of the Z80 microprocessor, was born.
1969: The U.S. government held its first
since World War II. 1989: Ford acquired
for $2.5 billion. 1990: British and French workers
("Chunnel") under the English Channel finally
met in the service tunnel after knocking out a passage large enough
to walk through and shake hands, 22.3 km from the U.K. and 15.6
km from France. 1998: Exxon announced an $80B deal to buy Mobil,
, the 3rd largest company on the planet.
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Note: These historical tidbits have been collected from various sources, mostly on the Internet. As detailed in
there is a lot of wrong information that is repeated hundreds of times because most websites do not validate with authoritative
sources. On RF Cafe,
events with hyperlinks
have been verified.
significant historical events and
dates for inclusion in these lists. I will be glad to include your name and birthday. Please do not submit your death
date ;-) A couple years ago, I began commemorating the birthdays of notable people and events with
special RF Cafe logos
. Where available, I like to use images
from postage stamps from the country where the person or event occurred.