Day in History Archive August 14

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August 14

The Code Talkers. Click here to return to the RF Cafe homepage.

Today is National Code Talker's Day. 1777: Hans Christian Řersted, who discovered electromagnetism and after whom the unit of magnetic field (H) is named, was born. 1888: A patent for the electric meter was granted to Oliver Shallenberger. 1896: Gold was discovered in Canada's Yukon Territory, and within the next year more than 30,000 people rushed to the area to prospect for gold. 1919: A U.S. flying boat carried the first international air mail delivery to Canada via the sea. 1932: Royal Philips made its 1 millionth radio. 1935: The Social Security Act was signed into law. 1945: President Truman announced that Japan had accepted terms for unconditional surrender, ending World War II. 1953: The whiffle ball, a ball that curved when it was thrown, was invented by David Mullany for his 13-year-old son. 1959: The first meeting to organize the American Football League was held. 1988: Car manufacturer and racing star Enzo Ferrari died. 1994: Hubble Space Telescope photographs revealed that Uranus had Saturn-like rings. 1997: Cosmonauts Vasily Tsibliyev and Alexander Lazutkin returned safely home  after a disastrous six-month mission aboard the Mir space station. 2000: A Russian submarine with 120 crewmen was reported stranded at the bottom of the Barents Sea.