Events from the world of technology and science – Includes important happenings, days, birthdays and deaths.
Events
- HIV discovery published [1983]
- Cosmic microwave background radiation discovered [1964]
- First Baskin-Robbins franchise [1948]
- Amelia Earhart starts on her transatlantic flight [1932]
- First non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic by Charles Lindbergh [1927]
- Saturday Evening Post publishes first cover with Norman Rockwell painting [1916]
- First traffic ticket in US [1899]
- First public display of prototype of Thomas Edison kinetoscope [1891]
- Metre Convention held to establish International System of Units [1875]
- Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans with copper rivets [1873]
- First modern atlas is printed [1570]
Birthdays
- Martin Honeysett [1943]
British cartoonist and illustrator - Dieter Rams [1932]
German industrial designer - William Hewlett [1913]
Co-founder of Hewlett-Packard - Gardner Fox [1911]
Comic book writer - Emile Berliner [1851]
Inventor of the phonograph record and the gramophone - Sir William Congreve [1772]
Rocket artillery pioneer
Death Anniversaries
- Eugene Polley [2012]
Inventor of the first wireless remote controller for TV - Christopher Columbus [1506]
Italian explorer and navigator