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 July 10
 1851:
Louis-Jacques-Mandé
Daguerre, who produced the first permanent photograph, died. 1856: Serbian-American
high voltage experimenter Nikola Tesla was born. 1908: Kamerlingh Onnes first made
helium liquid at
a temperature of 4.2 K. 1910:
Johann
Galle, who was the first to observe Neptune, died. 1920:
Edward
Lowe, inventor of kitty litter, was born. 1925: The "Scopes Monkey
Trial" began in Dayton, TN. 1933:
Harold D. Arnold,
whose research led to the development of long-distance telephony and radio communication,
died. 1933: The first police radio system began operating in Eastchester Township,
NY. 1938:
Howard Hughes began a record-breaking round-the-world flight in
a specially modified Lockheed Super Electra. 1958: The first
parking meters were installed in England. 1962: The
Telstar geosynchronous telecommunications satellite was launched.
1985: Coca-Cola resumed selling the old formula of Coke, renaming it "Coca-Cola Classic."
2000: The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) was born
from the link-up of German DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG, French Aerospatiale Matra
and CASA of Spain.
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.
Fair Use laws permit
small samples of copyrighted content.
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