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 September 4
 1682: English astronomer
Edmund Halley
first saw his namesake comet. 1833: The New York Sun hired the first newsboy,
Barney Flaherty. 1882: Thomas Edison's
Pearl Street electric power station began operations in New York
City, becoming the first display of a practical electrical lighting system. 1882:
Thomas Edison's Pearl Street DC Power Station began operation. 1888: George Eastman
received a patent for his
roll-film camera, and registered his trademark, "Kodak." 1941:
The American destroyer
USS Greer was attacked by German submarine U-652 off Iceland,
marking the unofficial start of the shooting war. 1951: The first live,
coast-to-coast TV broadcast took place by President Harry Truman
from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference. 1957: Ford began selling its ill-fated
Edsel. 1964:
The 6,156 foot long
Forth Road Bridge, at that time the longest in Europe, opened.
1967: The last new episode of "Gilligan's Island" aired. 1989: The U.S. Air Force launched its
last Titan III
rocket. 1995: Pierre Omidyar launched AuctionWeb, later changed to eBay.
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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. Many 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. Images used in the logos are often from open source
websites like Wikipedia, and are specifically credited with a hyperlink back to
the source where possible.
Fair Use laws permit
small samples of copyrighted content.
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