Day in Engineering History Archive December 5
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.
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
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there is a lot of wrong information that is repeated hundreds of times because most websites do not validate with authoritative
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