Day in History Archive April 2

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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. 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 2

1872: Samuel F.B. Morse, developer of Morse Code, died. 1872: George Brayton received a patent for the first commercial gas-powered engine. 1875: Walter Chrysler, founder of the Chrysler Corporation, was born. 1910: Karl Harris perfected the process for the artificial synthesis of rubber. 1932: Charles Lindbergh paid $50k ransom in a New York cemetery to a man who promised to return his kidnapped son, who was never found. 1934: Set theory mathematician Paul Cohen was born. 1958: The National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA) was renamed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 1978: Velcro was put on the market. 1987: IBM introduced PS/2 & OS/2. 1987: Microsoft introduced Windows 2.0.