Events
Birthdays
- Michael Widenius [1962]
Creator of MySQL - Ronald Searle [1920]
British artist and cartoonist - Cyril Burt [1883]
English psychologist and statistician - Alexander Graham Bell [1847]
Scottish inventor who patented the first practical telephone
Death Anniversaries
- Ralph McQuarrie [2012]
American Academy-winning conceptual designer - Osvaldo Cavandoli [2007]
Creator of 'La Linea' series of short animated cartoons - Sewall Wright [1988]
One of the founders of population genetics - Hergé [1983]
Creator of 'The Adventures of Tintin' comic books - Robert Hooke [1703]
English polymath and a pioneer of microscopy who coined the word 'cell'