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.
All will eventually be either verified or removed.
Please
submit
significant historical events and dates for inclusion in these lists. I will be glad to
include your name and birthday. Please do not submit your death date ;-)
February 24
1663: Thomas Newcomen, inventor of the atmospheric steam engine, was born. 1810: Henry Cavendish, discoverer of hydrogen and nitrogen, died. 1815: Robert Fulton, whose Clermont was the first truly successful steamboat, died. 1839: William Otis received a patent for the steam shovel. 1856: Russian mathematician Nikolay Lobachevsky, who is credited with developing non-Euclidean geometry, died. 1923: Edward Morley, of Michelson-Morley speed of light measurement fame, died. 1925: RCA's (Victrola Talking Machine Company) "His Master's Voice" was trademark registered. 1942: The Voice of America (VOA) radio began its broadcasts to Nazi occupied nations. 1942: The U.S. Government stopped shipments of all 12-gauge shotguns for sporting use for the wartime effort. 1949: "Bumper 5," the first two-stage rocket to reach outer space was launched from the White Sands Proving Grounds, NM. 1968: The discovery of pulsars was announced by Nature. 1987: An exploding supernova was discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.
Note: Numbers shown are NOT total page views; they are unique IP addresses for each 24-hour period (i.e., unique visitors). Typical page view counts are at least twice the reported unique visitor number.
RF Cafe Erie, PA (814) 833-1967
A Disruptive Web Presence™ GPS Coordinates: N 42°04.577', W 080°11.757'
