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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.
September 3  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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