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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.
December 23  1790: French archaeologist Jean-François Champollion, who first deciphered the Rosetta Stone, unlocking the language of ancient Egypt, was born. 1823: The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement C. Moore ("'Twas the Night Before Christmas...") was published. 1870: Thomas Edison was issued a patent for an "Improvement in Magneto Electric Machines." 1880: Thomas Edison incorporated the Edison Electric Light Company of Europe. 1939: German aircraft designer Anthony Fokker, creator of the Red Baron's famous DR-1 triplane, died. 1968: Astronauts on Apollo 8 became the first men to orbit the Moon, and took the famous "Earthrise" photo. 1973: Gerard Kuiper, who discovered Miranda, a moon of Uranus, and Nereid, a moon of Neptune, and after whom the Kuiper Belt is named, died. 1975: The Metric Conversion Act of 1975 was signed into law. 1986: The experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, completed the first non-stop, around-the-world flight without refueling as it landed safely at Edwards AFB in CA. | ||||||
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