Day in Engineering History Archive - July 14
July 14
Today is
Bastille Day. 1827: Optics researcher
Augustin Fresnel died. 1850: The first public demonstration
of
ice made by refrigeration in took place in the U.S. 1847: The
first
Rotary Printing Press was patented (#5199) by Richard Hoe. 1853:
The first
U.S. World's Fair opened in New York. 1857:
Fred
Maytag, a pioneer of automatic washing machines, was born. 1867:
Alfred
Nobel demonstrated dynamite for the first time. 1885: Sarah
Goode became first black woman to receive a U.S. patent (#322,177).
1911:
Harry Atwood landed an airplane on the lawn of the
White House
to accept an award from U.S. President William Taft. 1914: The first
patent for a liquid-fueled rocket design was granted to
Dr. Robert Goddard. 1918:
Jay Forrester, inventor of magnetic RAM, was born. 1933: Germany
outlawed all political parties except the Nazi Party. 1948:
Six Royal Air Force (RAF) Vampires land after completing the
first transatlantic flight made by jet aircraft. 1965:
Mariner 4 spacecraft sent first close-up photograph of Mars.
1989: The first kill by an F-16 was scored by an
Israeli Air Force pilot shooting down a Syrian MIG-21. 1995:
The
MP3 format was named. 2000: A Florida jury ordered five major
tobacco companies to pay smokers a record $145 billion in punitive
damages (later
reversed).
Today is
Bastille Day. 1827: Optics researcher
Augustin Fresnel died. 1850: The first public demonstration
of
ice made by refrigeration in took place in the U.S. 1847: The
first
Rotary Printing Press was patented (#5199) by Richard Hoe. 1853:
The first
U.S. World's Fair opened in New York. 1857:
Fred
Maytag, a pioneer of automatic washing machines, was born. 1867:
Alfred
Nobel demonstrated dynamite for the first time. 1885: Sarah
Goode became first black woman to receive a U.S. patent (#322,177).
1911:
Harry Atwood landed an airplane on the lawn of the
White House
to accept an award from U.S. President William Taft. 1914: The first
patent for a liquid-fueled rocket design was granted to
Dr. Robert Goddard. 1918:
Jay Forrester, inventor of magnetic RAM, was born. 1933: Germany
outlawed all political parties except the Nazi Party. 1948:
Six Royal Air Force (RAF) Vampires land after completing the
first transatlantic flight made by jet aircraft. 1965:
Mariner 4 spacecraft sent first close-up photograph of Mars.
1989: The first kill by an F-16 was scored by an
Israeli Air Force pilot shooting down a Syrian MIG-21. 1995:
The
MP3 format was named. 2000: A Florida jury ordered five major
tobacco companies to pay smokers a record $145 billion in punitive
damages (later
reversed).| 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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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.