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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. All will eventually be either verified or removed.
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 29
1838:
Edward Morley, of Michelson-Morley speed of light measurement fame, was born. 1859: Clock maker
Seth Thomas died. 1886: Karl Benz received a patent for the first successful, gasoline-powered car. 1901: American engineer
Allen Du Mont, who invented the first commercial cathode ray tube, was born. 1959: London's famous
fog was so dense that it brought public transportation to a standstill. 1996: France ended it
nuclear bomb testing program. This was one boring day in history!