Events
Birthdays
- Ernst Ruska [1906]
Nobel laureate known for electron optics - Robert Ripley [1890]
Developer of 'Ripley's Believe It or Not!' - Lila Bell Wallace [1889]
Co-founder of Reader's Digest - Isaac Newton [1642]
One of the most influential scientists of the world
Death Anniversaries
- Simms Taback [2011]
American writer, illustrator and graphic artist who designed McDonald's Happy Meal box - Heinrich Welker [1981]
Co-inventor of the first functional European transistor, 'Transistron' - Sir Charlie Chaplin [1977]
English filmmaker and actor - Karel Čapek [1938]
Czech writer who coined the word 'robot'