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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.
July 28
1865: The
American Dental Association proposed its first code of ethics. 1851: A total solar eclipse was first captured on a daguerreotype photograph at the Royal Observatory in
Königsberg, Prussia. 1858:
Fingerprints were used as a means of identification for the first time. 1866: The
metric system was authorized for the standardization of weights and measures throughout the United States this day. 1900: Louis Lassing of New Haven, CT created the first
hamburger. 1907:
Earl Tupper, inventor of the plastic Tupperware, was born. 1934:
Nelly Diener became Europe’s first air stewardess. 1943: President Roosevelt announced the end of coffee rationing. 1945: A U.S. Army
B-25 bomber got lost in the fog and crashed into Empire State Building. 1977: The 799-mile
trans-Alaska pipeline began full operation as the first oil from Prudhoe Bay arrived at Valdez. 1986: NASA released a transcript from doomed
Challenger space shuttle, where pilot Michael Smith could be heard saying, "Uh-oh!" as spacecraft disintegrated.