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Day in Engineering History Archive December 5 |
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December 5
 1848: President Polk triggered the
Gold Rush of '49 by confirming in an address to Congress that
gold had been discovered in California. 1879: American aviation
pioneer
Clyde Cessna was born. 1901: German physicist and Nobel Prize
winner
Werner Heisenberg, famous for his Heisenberg Principle, was
born. 1955: American aircraft designer
Glen L(uther) Martin died. 1958: The first stretch of Britain's
M6 Motorway, officially opened. 1973:
Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, "Father of Radar," died. 1995:
Englishman
Stanley Runcorn, discoverer of earth's magnetic core reversals,
died.| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | 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. Many 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. |
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