Events
Birthdays
- Orkut Büyükkökten [1975]
Creator of Orkut social networking site - Scott Guthrie [1975]
Co-developer of ASP.NET - Colin Murdoch [1929]
Inventor of the tranquilliser gun, disposable hypodermic syringe, child-proof medicine bottles and more - Takashi Yanase [1919]
Creator of 'Anpanman' manga series - Michael Maltese [1908]
American storyboard artist and screenwriter - Sir Charles Wheatstone [1802]
Inventor of the stereoscope, the Wheatstone bridge and others
Death Anniversaries
- Jack Kirby [1994]
Comic book artist who co-created 'Captain America', 'Hulk', 'X-Men' and many more - Alexander Ivanovich Mikhailov [1988]
Russian mechanical engineer known for information science - Aldus Manutius [1515]
Italian printer who founded Aldine Press, invented italic type, created the modern shape of the comma etc.