Events
- First Ultra HD 4K Blu-ray dic released [2016]
- English Wikipedia gets its 1 millionth article [2006]
- Yahoo! incorporated [1995]
- Apple launches LaserWriter [1985]
- Venera 3 reaches Venus [1966]
- Radioactive decay discovered [1896]
- First public demonstration of radio [1893]
- Production of world’s first practical typewriter begins [1873]
- World’s first national park established [1872]
Birthdays
- Bill Gaines [1922]
Publisher of Mad and Tales from the Crypt magazines - Robert Cornelius [1809]
Person who took the world's first selfie - Rudolph Goclenius [1547]
German philosopher who coined the term 'psychology'
Death Anniversaries
- Jim Kimsey [2016]
Co-founder AOL - Archie Goodwin [1998]
American comic book writer and artist - Edwin H. Land [1991]
Co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation - Alfred Korzybski [1950]
Philosopher and mathematician who developed general semantics - Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff [1911]
Winner of the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry