Day in Engineering History Archive February 28
February 28
1854: Slavery opponents met in Ripon, WI, to call for creation
of a new political group, which became the
Republican Party. 1893:
Carborundum was patented by Edward Acheson. 1901: Nobel Prize
laureate
Linus Pauling, who who applied quantum mechanics to the study
of molecular structures, was born. 1911:
Thomas
A. Edison, Inc. was organized. 1935:
Nylon
was discovered by researchers at DuPont. 1939: The word "dord"
was inadvertently created via a misprint in the Merriam Webster
dictionary, being ascribed the definition "density." 1956: Jay Forrester
awarded
patent for iron core memory. 1983: The final episode of
M*A*S*H aired with a record 125 million viewers. 1993: BATF
agents raided the
Branch Dividian church in Waco, TX, which culminated in the
burning deaths of 79 people, including 25 children. 1995:
Denver International Airport (DIA) opened after 16 months of
delays and $3.2 billion in budget overruns. 2009: Radio announcer
Paul Harvey
died.
1854: Slavery opponents met in Ripon, WI, to call for creation
of a new political group, which became the
Republican Party. 1893:
Carborundum was patented by Edward Acheson. 1901: Nobel Prize
laureate
Linus Pauling, who who applied quantum mechanics to the study
of molecular structures, was born. 1911:
Thomas
A. Edison, Inc. was organized. 1935:
Nylon
was discovered by researchers at DuPont. 1939: The word "dord"
was inadvertently created via a misprint in the Merriam Webster
dictionary, being ascribed the definition "density." 1956: Jay Forrester
awarded
patent for iron core memory. 1983: The final episode of
M*A*S*H aired with a record 125 million viewers. 1993: BATF
agents raided the
Branch Dividian church in Waco, TX, which culminated in the
burning deaths of 79 people, including 25 children. 1995:
Denver International Airport (DIA) opened after 16 months of
delays and $3.2 billion in budget overruns. 2009: Radio announcer
Paul Harvey
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.
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