Events
- Gmail and Google Wallet linked [2013]
- Amazon.com IPO launch date [1997]
- Mercury-Atlas 9 launched by US [1963]
- Sputnik 4 launched [1960]
- Sputnik 3 is launched [1958]
- McDonald’s open first restaurant [1940]
- Mickey Mouse first cartoon [1928]
- Las Vegas founded [1905]
- World’s first manned flight by Diego Marín Aguilera [1793]
- World’s first machine gun patented [1718]
- Johannes Kepler confirms his third law of planetary motion [1618]
Important Celebrations and Functions
Birthdays
- Jaxon [1941]
Co-founder Rip Off Press - Frank Hornby [1863]
Creator of Meccano, Dinky, Hornby Model Railways and other toys - Pierre Curie [1859]
Nobel Prize winning French physicist
Death Anniversaries
- Will Elder [2008]
American illustrator and comic book artist