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 May 21
 1792:
Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis, who discovered the circulation effect
that bears his name, was born. 1878: Aviation pioneer
Glenn Curtiss was born. 1916:
Daylight Saving Time was introduced in Britain as a war-time measure
to save fuel. 1927: Charles Lindbergh completed his 33-1/2 hour solo, non-stop flight
from New York to Paris. 1932:
Amelia Earhart
became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, from Newfoundland
to Ireland. 1956: The U.S. exploded the first airborne
hydrogen bomb
in the Pacific Ocean over Bikini Atoll. 1927:
Dudley Allen
Buck, inventor of the cryotron switch and ferroelectric RAM, died. 1959: Radar
pioneer and head of the National Security Agency Scientific Advisory Board panel
on Electronics
Louis Nicot Ridenour, died. 1965: English aircraft designer
Sir
Geoffrey De Havilland died. 1980: "Star Wars V: The Empire
Strikes Back," was released.
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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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