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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.
May 171792: The
New York Stock Exchange was founded at 70 Wall Street by 24 brokers. 1836:
Sir Joseph Lockyer, who co-discovered the element helium in the sun's spectrum, was born. 1865: The first International Telegraph Convention was signed in Paris by the 20 founding member, giving birth to the
International Telegraph Union (ITU). 1868: Automobile maker
Horace Dodge was born. 1886: American agriculturist and engineer
John Deere died. 1890:
Comic Cuts, the first British weekly comic paper, was published. 1943: The famous
Dambusters raid on key German dams occurred. 1955: The highly classified patent for the first
atomic pile was issued 11 years after application. 1978: Philips announced the coming of the compact disc (CD). 1997: The first flight of the
NASA/Boeing X-36 tailless fighter occurred.