Events
- Styx, fifth moon of Pluto, discovered [2012]
- iPhone 3G released [2008]
- Fourth dot-com domain name registered [1985]
- First transatlantic satellite TV broadcast [1962]
- To Kill a Mockingbird first published [1960]
- Movie film technology demonstrated by Lumière brothers [1895]
- First cultured pearl obtained [1893]
- Greatest discoverer of comets discovers his first [1801]
Birthdays
- Theodore Harold Maiman [1927]
Inventor of the first working laser - Venetia Burney [1918]
11-year old girl who named planet Pluto - Alexander Prokhorov [1916]
Nobel laureate who laid the foundation for development of laser and maser
Death Anniversaries
- Satoru Iwata [2015]
Japanese video game designer and programmer - Jan Sloot [1999]
Computer programmer who supposedly developed a revolutionary technique for compressing data - Gary Kildall [1994]
Creator of the CP/M operating system