Events
- Microsoft announces purchase of Hotmail [1997]
- Final strip of Calvin and Hobbes published [1995]
- First US corporation to make $1 billion in a year [1955]
- First New Year’s Eve celebration at Times Square [1907]
- Incandescent lighting demonstrated to the public by Thomas Edison [1879]
- Karl Benz files a patent for two-stroke gas engine [1878]
Birthdays
- Steve Rude [1956]
American comic book artist and co-creator of 'Nexus' comic book - Leonard Adleman [1945]
Creator of the RSA encryption - Andreas Vesalius [1514]
Founder of modern human anatomy
Death Anniversaries
- Basil Wolverton [1978]
American cartoonist and illustrator - Hannibal Goodwin [1900]
Inventor of the celluloid photographic film - Robert Boyle [1691]
Founding father of modern chemistry