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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.
October 16
Today is Boss's Day (2007). 1758:
Noah Webster, creator of America's first dictionary, was born. 1846: American dentist, Dr. William Morton made the first public demonstration of the administration of
ether anesthetic. 1908: The first aeroplane flight in England was made by
Samuel Cody. 1928: A patent was issued for the first commercially viable electric
light bulb frosted on the inside. 1962: The
Cuban Missile Crisis began as President Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of Soviet-deployed missile bases in Cuba. 1964: China detonated its first
atomic bomb. 1987:
Hurricane winds battered southern England. 2001:
Enron reported a 3rd quarter loss of $618 million. 2002: North Korea told the United States it had a secret
nuclear weapons program in violation of a 1994 agreement signed with the Clinton administration. 2003:
Anadigics acquired Celeritek's power amp group. 2004: An unmanned Chinese
space capsule crash-landed into a house.