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 June 9
1812: Johann Galle, who was the first to observe Neptune, was born.
1905: Albert Einstein published his analysis of Planck's quantum theory and its
application to light. 1931: Robert H. Goddard patented a
rocket-fueled aircraft design. 1934:
Donald
Duck made his debut in "The Wise Little Hen."1943: U.S. Congress mandated that
employers withhold
income tax on employees (a dark day in history). 1959: The first
ballistic missile carrying submarine, the
USS George Washington,
was launched. 1989: "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," premiered. 1997: The British
lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expired. 2004: Xilinx co-founder
Bernard Vonderschmitt 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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