Events
- Euro currency introduced [1999]
- First.net domain name registered [1985]
- Domain name TLDs released by DARPA [1985]
- Ball dropped at New York Times Square for the first time [1908]
- Vehicle registration plates made mandatory in UK [1903]
- Ceres dwarf planet discovered [1801]
- First issue of The Times newspaper is published [1788]
- Traveller’s check introduced – sold for the first time [1772]
Birthdays
- Jawed Karim [1979]
Co-founder YouTube - Brian Kernighan [1942]
Co-author of 'The C Programming Language' - Jerry Robinson [1922]
American comic book artist and co-creator of 'Joker' and 'Robin' - Heinz Zemanek [1920]
Computer pioneer known for Mailüfterl computer - Osvaldo Cavandoli [1920]
Creator of 'La Linea' series of short animated cartoons - Chesley Bonestell [1888]
Father of Modern Space Art - Pierre de Coubertin [1863]
Founder of the International Olympic Committee
Death Anniversaries
- Michael Patrick Cronan [2013]
American graphic designer - Arthur Rudolph [1996]
German engineer known for V-2 rocket development - Grace Hopper [1992]
Inventor of the compiler and one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I - Don Freeman [1978]
American cartoonist and illustrator - Heinrich Rudolf Hertz [1894]
Discoverer of electromagnetic waves - Johann Bernoulli [1748]
Swiss mathematician and contributor to infinitesimal calculus