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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.
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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.
June 11  Today is King Kamehameha Day (Hawaii). 1644: Evangelista Torricelli described in a letter to Michelangelo Ricci the invention of a barometer, which he termed the "torricellian tube." 1770: Capt. James Cook, commander of the British ship Endeavour, discovered the Great Barrier Reef off Australia by running onto it. 1867: Charles Fabry, co-discoverer of the ozone layer, was born. 1895: The first patent for a gasoline-powered automobile was issued to Charles Duryea. 1910: Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau was born. 1915: Nicholas Constantine Metropolis, designer of the MANIAC computer used to develop the atom bomb, was born. 1927: Charles Lindberg was presented the first Distinguished Flying Cross. 1937: Reginald Mitchell, designer of the famous Spitfire airplane that beat back the German Luftwaffe in WWII, died. 1963: The Mercury space capsule was patented by 7 civilians and assigned to NASA. 1985: The USSR's Vega 1 deposited a lander on surface of Venus. 1987: Margaret Thatcher became the first British prime minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term of office. | ||||||
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