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 January 2
 1822:
Rudolf Clausius, who developed the 2nd law of thermodynamics,
was born. 1870: Construction of the
Brooklyn
Bridge began. 1893: The first U.S.
commemorative
postage stamps were issued. 1920: Prolific science fact and fiction writer
Isaac Asimov
was born. 1921: The first broadcast of religious services aired on
KDKA in Pittsburgh. 1941: American physicist
Donald Keck, inventor of the first practical optical fiber communications
cable (fused silica), was born. 1959: The first spacecraft to orbit the Sun, Mechta
(Luna 1), was launched
by the USSR. 1968: Dr.
Christiaan
Barnard performed the first successful (563 days of survival) heart transplant.
1974: The Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act limited highway speeds
to 55 mph due to Arab Oil Embargo. 1975: The "U.S. Patent Office" was renamed "U.S. Patent and Trademark Office."
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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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