Events
Important Celebrations and Functions
Birthdays
- Mike Wieringo [1963]
American comic book artist - Laurence Canter [1953]
Sender of the first massive commercial Usenet spam message - Joseph F. Traub [1932]
American computer scientist - Carolyn S. Shoemaker [1929]
Co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 - Fred Hoyle [1915]
Controversial English astronomer who coined the term 'Big Bang' - Roy O. Disney [1893]
Brother of Walt and founder of Walt Disney Productions - Victor Francis Hess [1883]
Discoverer of cosmic rays - Thomas Blanchard [1788]
Inventor of the first car in America and a pioneer of the assembly line - Éleuthère Irénée du Pont [1771]
Founder of the the Du Pont company
Death Anniversaries
- Frank King [1969]
Creator of 'Gasoline Alley' comic strip