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Day in Engineering History Archive - September 3

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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.
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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 3

1st Color Photos of Mars Taken by Viking Lander 2 - Please click here to visit RF Cafe.

1752: Today is "The Day That Never Came" due to switch to the Gregorian calendar. 1860: J.T. Wray gave the first public demonstration of a mercury arc lamp on the Hungerford Suspension Bridge in London. 1875: Austrian engineer Ferdinand Porsche, who designed the Volkswagen along with his sports cars, was born. 1905: Nobel physicist Carl Anderson, co-founder of the positron, or positive electron, the first known particle of antimatter, was born. 1916: The Adamson Act established the 8-hour work day (then "Professional" status took it away for us engineers). 1954: "The Lone Ranger" was heard on radio for the final time after 2,956 episodes over a period of 21 years. 1967: Motorists in Sweden stopped driving on the left side of the road and began driving on the right side. 1976: The U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars and took the first close-up, color photos of the planet's surface.
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