Events
Birthdays
- Tom Parry Jones [1935]
Creator of the handheld electronic breathalyser - Calvin Gotlieb [1921]
Canadian computer scientist - Carl Barks [1901]
American cartoon artist and creator of the 'Scrooge McDuck' character - Douglas Hartree [1897]
English mathematical and physicist - Henry Royce [1863]
Car designer and co-founder of Rolls-Royce company - Wilhelm Röntgen [1845]
Discoverer of X-rays
Death Anniversaries
- Dick Giordano [2010]
American comic book artist and editor - Ruari McLean [2006]
British typographer - M. C. Escher [1972]
Graphic artist known for this 'mathematical' themed works - Yuri Gagarin [1968]
First man in space - Kiichiro Toyoda [1952]
Founder of Toyota Motor Corporation - James Dewar [1923]
Inventor of the vacuum flask also known as Dewar Flask - Hércules Florence [1879]
French-Brazilian painter and inventor