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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.
February 25 1836: Samuel Colt patented his revolver. 1837: Thomas Davenport patented the first practical DC electric motor. 1870: Hiram Revels, a Republican from MS, became the first black member of the United States Senate. 1896: German chemist Ida Noddack, who co-discovered rhenium (named after the Rhine River). 1901: United States Steel Corp. was incorporated by J.P. Morgan. 1908: The first tunnel under the Hudson River (Hudson & Manhattan railway tunnel) opened. 1928: The Federal Radio Commission (FRC) issued the first U.S. television license for Jenkins Laboratories. 1933: The 1st aircraft carrier, USS Ranger (CV-4), was launched. 1952: Brittan's Windscale plutonium plant began producing plutonium at Sellafield, on the Irish Sea coast. 1964: French aircraft designer Maurice Farman died. | ||||||
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