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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 3  1825: Rensselaer School (now RPI), in Troy, New York, opened it doors as the country's first engineering college. 1870: Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began. 1892: English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, author of "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings," was born. 1898: American aviator Claude Ryan, designer of the Spirit of St. Louis and founder of Ryan Aircraft, was born. 1906: First two-way wireless transmission across the Atlantic Ocean between Brant Rock, MA, and Machrihanish, Scotland. 1952: "Dragnet" was first aired on NBC TV. 1957: The Hamilton Watch Company announced the world's first electric watch for sale, the Ventura. 1959: President Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the Union as the 49th state. 1977: Apple Computer was incorporated. 2000: The last new daily "Peanuts" strip by Charles Schulz ran in 2,600 newspapers - he died 5 weeks later. | ||||||
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