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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.
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 22  1746: Princeton University, in New Jersey, received its charter. 1797: French balloonist Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute descent, landing safely from a height of 3,200 feet. 1819: The first ship passed through Erie Canal going from Rome to Utica, NY. 1905: American physicist Karl Jansky, the "Father of Radio Astronomy" who discovered the cosmic background radiation, was born. 1934: Famous bank robber Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd assumed room temperature during a run-in with the FBI. 1938: Xerography (dry writing) was demonstrated by Chester Carlson, thereby demonstrating the process for which Xerox owns a trademark. 1962: President John Kennedy addressed the nation on TV about the Russian missile bases in Cuba, marking the beginning of the Bay of Pigs Cuban Missile Crisis. 1968: Apollo 7 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times. 1981: The U.S. national debt reached 1 trillion dollars (now $8.5T). | ||||||
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