Day in Engineering History Archive - September 3 |
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 1752: Today is "The Day That Never
Came" due to switch to the
Gregorian calendar. 1860: J.T. Wray gave the first public demonstration
of a mercury arc lamp on the Hungerford Suspension Bridge in London. 1875: Austrian engineer
Ferdinand Porsche,
who designed the Volkswagen along with his sports cars, was born. 1905: Nobel physicist
Carl Anderson, co-founder of the positron, or positive electron,
the first known particle of antimatter, was born. 1916: The
Adamson Act established
the 8-hour work day (then "Professional" status took it away for us engineers). 1954:
"The Lone Ranger" was heard on radio for the final time after 2,956
episodes over a period of 21 years. 1967: Motorists in Sweden stopped driving on the
left side of the road and began driving on the right side. 1976: The U.S. spacecraft
Viking 2 landed on Mars and took the first close-up, color photos
of the planet's surface.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | 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. |
September 3