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 9
1846: German engineer Wilhelm Maybach, who invented the fuel spray carburetor, was born. 1870: The U.S. Weather Bureau was authorized by Congress (later renamed the National Weather Service). 1923: Soviet Aeroflot airlines was formed. 1942: Daylight Savings "War Time" went into effect in the U.S. 1963: The Boeing 727 made its inaugural flight, and in 1969, the Boeing 747 made its inaugural flight. 1964: GI Joe action figures were introduced by Hasbro, and were sold out the first day. 1995: The first Briton, Michael Foale, and the first African-American, Bernard Harris, walked in space from the shuttle Discovery. 1996: German scientists at the GSI facility at Darmstadt, Germany, created an atom of the element 112 (named ununbium, Uub).
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