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 1795:
Johns Hopkins,
endower of the university named after him, was born. 1942:
Sir Joseph Larmor, the first to calculate the rate at which energy
is radiated by an accelerated electron, and the first to explain the splitting of
spectrum lines by a magnetic field, died. 1961: The
Venera
1 spacecraft became the first manmade object to fly past a planet (Venus). 1964:
The State Department disclosed that 40
hidden microphones had been found in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
1967: The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain banning
nuclear weapons from outer space. 1987:
Chet Fleming was issued a patent for "keeping a head alive." 1998:
Millions of pagers went silent when the
Galaxy IV satellite
began tumbling in its orbit. 1999: "Star Wars Episode I: The
Phantom Menace" was released in the U.S., setting a new record for opening day
sales at 28.5 million. 2005: "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" debuted in theaters.
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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. 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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