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Note: These historical tidbits have been collected from various sources, mostly on the Internet.
As detailed in
this article, 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.
Please submit 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.
April 16  1867: Wilbur Wright, of airplane fame, was born. 1912: Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel. 1921: Marie Daly, America's first woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry, was born. 1935: Fibber McGee and Molly premiered on NBC radio. 1946: The U.S. launched its first captured German V2 rocket at White Sands, NM. 1956: The first solar powered radios went on sale. 1972: Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon. 1976: The Helios-B probe made what was then the closest ever approach to the sun at 27 million miles. 1987: The U.S. Patent Office began allowing the patenting of new animals created by genetic engineering. 1999: President Clinton defended NATO air strikes against Serbian targets, saying U.S. involvement in Kosovo was a moral imperative. | ||||||
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