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 January 6
 1838: Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated
his
telegraph, in Morristown, N.J. 1852:
Blind French
educator Louis Braille, inventor of the tactile reading system bearing his name,
died. 1931: Thomas Edison was awarded his final patent, for a "Holder for Article to be Electroplated." 1942: The first commercial
around-the-world airline flight was completed by
Pan American Airlines' Pacific Clipper. 1971: Dr. Norman Shumway
performed the first adult
heart
transplant in the U.S. at the Stanford Medical Center, in CA. 1974:
Daylight Savings Time was begun four months early because of the
existing
Energy Crisis. 1990:
Pavel Cherenkov, who discovered the radiation bearing his name,
died.
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Apr | May |
Jun | Jul |
Aug | Sep |
Oct | Nov |
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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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