Events
- New moon of Neptune discovered [2013]
- Amazon release Kindle DX Graphite e-reader [2010]
- Walkman launched by Sony [1979]
- Nuclear non-proliferation treaty signed [1968]
- Zip codes introduced in the US [1963]
- International Geophysical Year begins [1957]
- First person to fly solo around the world [1933]
- SOS adopted as distress signal [1908]
- First International telephone call made [1881]
- Sholes and Glidden typewriter goes on sale [1874]
- Papers on evolution by Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace read [1858]
- Comet that came closest to Earth [1770]
Important Celebrations and Functions
Birthdays
- Alan J. Charig [1927]
English palaeontologist who popularised the subject of dinosaurs - William Duddell [1872]
Inventor of the moving coil oscillograph - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz [1646]
Father of calculus who also refined the binary system
Death Anniversaries
- Charles Foley [2013]
Co-inventor of the 'Twister' game - Nikolay Basov [2001]
Nobel laureate whose work led to the development of laser and maser - Forrest Mars Sr. [1999]
Businessman who introduced Milky Way, Mars and M&M's - Charles Werner [1997]
American cartoonist - William Lawrence Bragg [1971]
Nobel laureate known for X-ray crystallography and X-ray diffraction - Charles Goodyear [1860]
American chemist who developed vulcanised rubber