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 June 3
 1761:
Henry
Shrapnel, inventor of the Shrapnel Shell which exploded in the air, was born.
1864: Ransom
Olds, founder of Oldsmobile, was born. 1902: Thomas Edison received a patent
for a Reversible Galvanic Battery. 1913:
Norman Krim,
designer of Raytheon's CK722 germanium PNP transistor, was born. 1942: The 4-day
long Battle of Midway, which was the turning-point in the Pacific Theater
of Operation began. 1948: The 200-inch
Hale reflector
telescope at the Palomar Mountain Observatory in CA was dedicated. 1959: The
first class graduated from the
Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. 1965: Astronaut
Edward White became
the first American to "walk" in space, during the flight of Gemini 4. 1970: Emmett
Culligan, founder of the "Hey Culligan Man" company, died. 1989: Chinese army troops
began a sweep of Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy demonstrations (stay
tuned tomorrow). 1990: Robert Noyce, co-inventor of the integrated circuit and nicknamed
"the Mayor of Silicon Valley", died.
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Jun | Jul |
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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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