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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.
June 19
FCC Logo
1623: Child prodigy and mathematical genius
Blaise Pascal was born. 1851:
Silvanus Thompson, authority on electricity, magnetism and acoustics, was born. 1900:
Michael Pupin was granted a patent for reducing signal attenuation on a cable , enabling long distance telephony. 1910: The first airship passengers flew aboard the zeppelin
LZ7 Deutschland. 1931: Installation was completed on the first commercial doors operated by photoelectric cell. 1934: The U.S. Congress established the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which replaced the Federal Radio Commission (FRC). 1953:
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, NY, having been convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. 1970: The
Patent Cooperation Treaty was signed.1977: The
Trans-Alaska Pipeline began carrying oil from the Arctic Ocean to Prince William Sound. 2007: NASA astronaut
Suni Williams set a new record for time in space by a female (>188 days).