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  December 27
1571: German astronomer
Johannes Kepler,
who formulated the three major laws of planetary motion, was born. 1771:
Henri Pitot, discoverer of the pitot tube used for airspeed measurements,
died. 1822: French microbiologist
Louis Pasteur,
who developed the pasteurization process for milk preservation and developed the
rabies vaccine, was born. 1825: The first public railroad using steam locomotive
was completed in England. 1923: French civil engineer
Gustave Eiffel,
of tower fame, died. 1932:
Radio
City Music Hall opened in NYC. 1949:
United States of Indonesia gained independence from Netherlands.
1968:
Apollo 8 and its three astronauts made a safe, nighttime splashdown
in the Pacific. 1977:
Star Wars hit British theaters.
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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