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.
All will eventually be either verified or removed.
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 ;-)
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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