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 June 14
  Today is
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Day in the U.S. 1736:
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, after whom the unit of charge is
named, was born. 1834: The first patent for
sandpaper was issued. 1864:
Alois Alzheimer,
who discovered the disease named after him, was born. 1922: Warren G. Harding became
the first president heard on radio, as Baltimore station WEAR broadcast his speech
dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial at Fort McHenry. 1933: The first
sodium vapor lamps were installed in Schenectady, NY. 1940: German
forces occupied Paris during World War II. 1946: Television inventor
John Logie Baird died. 1950: The FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives"
program began. 1951: The Univac 1 was unveiled in Washington, DC. and dedicated as the
world's first commercial digital computer. 1952: The keel was laid for the first
American atomic submarine, the
Nautilus.
1982: Argentina surrendered to Great Britain, ending the 74-day Falkland Islands
War. 1989:
Ronald Reagan was given honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth.
1995: A record 13 people were in space simultaneously when the Space Shuttle joined
MIR.
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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