Events
Birthdays
- Mike Krahulik [1977]
Creator of 'Penny Arcade' webcomic - Danny Hillis [1956]
Co-founder of Thinking Machines Corporation - Mary Allen Wilkes [1937]
American computer programmer and logic designer - Ken Forsse [1936]
Creator of 'Teddy Ruxpin' toy - Shel Silverstein [1930]
American cartoonist, poet, singer and writer - Thomas Hunt Morgan [1866]
Nobel laureate and one of the greatest modern geneticists - Alfred Vail [1807]
Co-developer of the telegraph - Ole Rømer [1644]
First to propose a temperature scale
Death Anniversaries
- Richard F. Outcault [1928]
Pioneer of the modern comic strip and creator of 'The Yellow Kid' and 'Buster Brown'