1846: German engineer Wilhelm Maybach, who invented the fuel spray carburetor, was born. 1870: The U.S. Weather Bureau was authorized by Congress (later renamed the National Weather Service). 1923: Soviet Aeroflot airlines was formed. 1942: Daylight Savings "War Time" went into effect in the U.S. 1963: The Boeing 727 made its inaugural flight, and in 1969, the Boeing 747 made its inaugural flight. 1964: GI Joe action figures were introduced by Hasbro, and were sold out the first day. 1995: The first Briton, Michael Foale, and the first African-American, Bernard Harris, walked in space from the shuttle Discovery. 1996: German scientists at the GSI facility at Darmstadt, Germany, created an atom of the element 112 (named ununbium, Uub).