Day in Engineering History Archive - July 18
July 18
0064: The
Great Fire of Rome began, as Emperor Nero reportedly fiddled
on the roof. 1635:
Robert Hooke,
who developed Hooke's Law for springs, was born. 1853:
Hendrik Lorentz, after whom the Lorentz force in electromagnetism
is named, was born. 1941: The
Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter made its first flight, only
with propeller power. 1955: The first electrical power generated
from a
nuclear station was sold commercially by the
Utah Power and Light Company. 1958:
Henri Farman, the airplane designer who invented ailerons, died.
1963: The first implantation of an
intrathoracic left artificial ventricle in a human being was
made. 1968: The
Intel Corporation was incorporated by Noyce and Moore as N M
Electronics. 1969: A car driven by Senator Edward Kennedy plunged
off a bridge on
Chappaquiddick
Island near Martha's Vineyard, leaving Mary Jo Kopechne to drown.
1980: India became the 6th nation to place a satellite, the
Rohini-1, in orbit. 1997:
Eugene Shoemaker, of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 fame, died. 1999:
The RFCafe.com
domain name was registered.
0064: The
Great Fire of Rome began, as Emperor Nero reportedly fiddled
on the roof. 1635:
Robert Hooke,
who developed Hooke's Law for springs, was born. 1853:
Hendrik Lorentz, after whom the Lorentz force in electromagnetism
is named, was born. 1941: The
Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter made its first flight, only
with propeller power. 1955: The first electrical power generated
from a
nuclear station was sold commercially by the
Utah Power and Light Company. 1958:
Henri Farman, the airplane designer who invented ailerons, died.
1963: The first implantation of an
intrathoracic left artificial ventricle in a human being was
made. 1968: The
Intel Corporation was incorporated by Noyce and Moore as N M
Electronics. 1969: A car driven by Senator Edward Kennedy plunged
off a bridge on
Chappaquiddick
Island near Martha's Vineyard, leaving Mary Jo Kopechne to drown.
1980: India became the 6th nation to place a satellite, the
Rohini-1, in orbit. 1997:
Eugene Shoemaker, of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 fame, died. 1999:
The RFCafe.com
domain name was registered.| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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there is a lot of wrong information that is repeated hundreds of times because most websites do not validate with authoritative
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