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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.
September 25
1513: The Pacific Ocean was discovered by Spanish explorer
Vasco de Balboa when he crossed the Isthmus of Panama. 1843:
Melville Bissell, inventor of the carpet sweeper, was born. 1903: The
Wright brothers arrived at Kitty Hawk, NC, to begin work on their first powered aircraft. 1928: Motorola was initially incorporated as
Galvin Manufacturing Corporation. 1933: The
Collins Radio Company was incorporated. 1956: The first
Transatlantic telephone cable was placed in service (Clarenville, Newfoundland to Oban, Scotland). 1973: The three crewmen of
Skylab 3 landed in the Pacific Ocean after being on the U.S. space laboratory for 59 days. 1998:
Mark McGwire hit his 66th home run, just 45 minutes after Sammy Sosa hit his 66th homer of the season.