Events
- Apple Music with Internet radio station Beats 1 launched [2015]
- First leap second added to UTC [1972]
- First Chevrolet Corvette manufactured [1953]
- World’s first emergency number – 999 [1937]
- Tunguska event occurs [1908]
- Einstein introduces special theory of relativity (STR) [1905]
- Oxford evolution debate is held [1860]
Important Celebrations and Functions
Birthdays
- Lynne Jolitz [1961]
Co-developer of the 386BSD operating system with her husband, William - Ed Yost [1919]
Inventor of the modern hot air balloon
Death Anniversaries
- Robert Dewar [2015]
Developer of software languages and compilers - Leonard Starr [2015]
American cartoonist, comic book artist and creator of 'On Stage' - Lee de Forest [1961]
Inventor of the three-electrode vacuum-tube (Audion) - Elsa Beskow [1953]
Swedish author and illustrator - John William Strutt 3rd Baron Rayleigh [1919]
Nobel laureate known for Rayleigh scattering and for discovering argon - William Oughtred [1660]
Inventor of the slide rule