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Birthdays

Charles Wang [1944]
Co-founder Computer Associated International, Inc
Willard Boyle [1924]
Co-inventor of the charged-coupled device
Edgar F. Codd [1923]
English computer scientist who invented the theory of RDBMS
Gene Roddenberry [1921]
Creator of the original 'Star Trek' TV series
Philo Farnsworth [1906]
Pioneer in the electronic television field and prolific inventor
Orville Wright [1871]
Aviation pioneer and brother of Wilbur Wright

Death Anniversaries

Linus Pauling [1994]
Founder of the fields of molecular biology and quantum chemistry
Giovanni Giorgi [1950]
Proposer of the Giorgi system of measurement
Blaise Pascal [1662]
Inventor of the mechanical calculator

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