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  December 22
1828:
William
Wollaston, discoverer of palladium and rhodium, died. 1867:
Jean-Victor Poncelet, who formulated the Continuity Principle
(which includes the principle of duality and the method of reciprocation), died.
1877: Swiss chemist Raoul Pictet announced his liquefaction of oxygen. 1882: The first
string of
Christmas Tree lights was created by Thomas Edison's associate,
Edward H. Johnson. 1884:
St. Elmo Brady, the first black man to earn a PhD in chemistry,
was born. 1894: The
United States Golf Association was formed in New York City. 1937:
The
Lincoln Tunnel in New York opened to traffic. 1964: The
SR-71
Blackbird aircraft completed its maiden flight. 1968: The first U.S.
live telecast from a manned spacecraft in outer space was transmitted
from Apollo 8. 1989: Berlin's famous Brandenburg Gate re-opened for the first
time in nearly three decades. 2001: Idiot
Richard
Reid (Rat Boy) attempted to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives
hidden in his shoes.
Note: These
historical tidbits (see daily
list) 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.
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small samples of copyrighted content.
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