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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.
January 2  1822: Rudolf Clausius, who developed the 2nd law of thermodynamics, was born. 1893: The first U.S. commemorative postage stamps were issued. 1920: Prolific science fact and fiction writer Isaac Asimov was born. 1921: The first broadcast of religious services aired on KDKA in Pittsburgh. 1941: American physicist Donald Keck, inventor of the first practical optical fiber communications cable (fused silica), was born. 1959: The first spacecraft to orbit the Sun, Mechta (Luna 1), was launched by the USSR. 1968: Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful (563 days of survival) heart transplant. 1974: The Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act limited highway speeds to 55 mph due to Arab Oil Embargo. 1975: The "U.S. Patent Office" was renamed "U.S. Patent and Trademark Office." | ||||||
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