September 26
1772: The "Act to
Regulate the Practice of Physick & Surgery within the colony of New Jersey," the first
doctor licensing
commission in the U.S., was put into effect. 1798: George Washington appointed Samuel Osgood
of Massachusetts as the first Postmaster General under the Constitution. 1818:
Dr. James Blundell preformed the first transfusion using human blood, as
opposed to animal blood. 1868:
August Möbius,
the mathematician who invented the famous single-sided strip that bears his name, died. 1871:
A patent was issued to David Saylor for the composition of
Portland cement. 1887:
Sir Barnes Wallis,
inventor of the WWII, 9 kilopound "dambuster" bombs, was born. 1902: Blue jean inventor
Levi Strauss died. 1914:
The Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) was established. 1981: The
Boeing 767-200
made its maiden flight in Everett, WA. 1982:
Paul Kollsman, inventor
of the first accurate barometric altimeter, died. 1984: U.K. and China agreed to
Hong Kong handover. 1991: Four men and four women began a 2-year stay inside
Biosphere Two,
in Oracle, AZ. 1996: Astronaut Shannon Lucid returned to Earth in the shuttle Atlantis after 6 months
aboard the Russian Mir space station. 2002:
Nils Bohlin, inventor
of the 3-point should and lap safety belt, died.
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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.
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