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Events

Yandex web browser released [2012]
Kindle Paperwhite released [2012]
First public web site by a computer vendor [1993]
World’s first CD player launched [1982]
Walt Disney opens in Orlando, Florida [1971]
First CAT (CT) scan performed [1971]
NASA born from NACA [1958]
First electric lamp factory opens [1880]

Birthdays

Dave Arneson [1947]
American game designer and co-developer of 'Dungeons & Dragons'
Matthew Carter [1937]
Famous typographer known for Verdana, Tahoma, Georgia and many more.

Death Anniversaries

Patrick E. Haggerty [1980]
Co-founder of Texas Instruments
John Augustus Larson [1965]
Inventor of the modern polygraph

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