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  April 17
1790:
Benjamin
Franklin died. 1843: American engineer
Samuel Morey,
inventor of the internal combustion engine, died. 1941: Igor Sikorsky accomplished
the first successful helicopter lift-off from water near Stratford, CT. 1964:
Jerrie Mock
became first woman to fly an airplane solo around the world. 1964: Ford introduced
the
Mustang at the New York World's Fair (see original
Mustang TV ad).
1970: The astronauts of
Apollo 13 splashed down safely in the Pacific, four days after
a ruptured oxygen tank crippled their spacecraft. 1986: French aircraft designer
Marcel Dassault
died. 1996: Arnold
Neustadter, inventor of the Rolodex (rolling index), died.
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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