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 November 14
 1765:
Robert Fulton, whose Clermont
was the first truly successful steamboat, was born. 1863: Leo Baekeland, inventor
of Bakelite, which played
a large role as an insulator in early electronics, was born. 1910: The first airplane
flight from a ship was made by
Eugene Ely from the bow of the scout cruiser Birmingham. 1914:
Black American educator & inventor
Booker
T. Washington died. 1922: The
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began its domestic radio
service. 1930: Edward White, the first U.S. astronaut to walk in space, was born.
1965: American engineer Allen Du Mont, who invented the first commercial cathode ray
tube, died. 1967: A patent for
Ruby Laser Systems was issued to Theodore Maiman. 1969:
Apollo 12 blasted
off on a mission to the moon. 1972: The
Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 1,000 level for
the first time, ending the day at 1003.16. 1994: Public trains began operation in
the English Channel Tunnel (Chunnel). 2005: U.S. Navy made the first
launch of an underwater glider from a submarine platform.
Note: These
historical tidbits (see daily
list) have been collected from various sources, mostly on the Internet.
As detailed in my
It Happened When? Factoid 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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