Birthdays
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque 1783
Stephen Moulton Babcock 1843
Frederick William Twort 1877
Clinton Joseph Davisson 1881
Charles Glen King 1896
Frank Harold Spedding, 1902
American chemist who, during the 1940s and '50s, developed processes for reducing individual rare-earth elements to the metallic state at low cost, thereby making these substances available to industry at reasonable prices
George Beadle 1903
Karl Jansky 1905
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Events
1797, the first parachute jump was made by André-Jacques Garnerin, released from a balloon 2,230-ft above the Parc Monceau, Paris.
1872, Thomas A. Edison was issued patents for an improvement in "Paper for Chemical Telegraphs" and for an improved "Apparatus for Perforating Paper for Telegraph Use" (U.S. Nos.132455, -6).
1878, Thomas A. Edison was issued a patent for "Quadruplex-Telegraph Repeaters" (U.S. No. 209,241).
1879 Edison's long series of experiments testing materials for suitability as an electric light filament reached a turning point.
1906, Henry Ford became President of Ford Motor Company.
1912, Thomas A. Edison was issued patents for a "Conveyor" related to a cement kiln, and for a "Phonograph-Stylus" formed of crystallized boron
1938 Xerography demonstrated
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/xerography.htm
http://www.xerox.com/downloads/usa/en/innovation/innovation_storyofxerography.pdf
Chester Carlson http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200310/history.cfm
Surface Science of Xerography - http://144.206.159.178/ft/976/52192/915992.pdf
Chester Carlson and the Development of Xerography - Google book link
http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Chester_Carlson_and_the_Development_of_X.html?id=kr6zPkUPswIC&redir_esc=y
1981 FDA Aspartame table-top approval
1938 Xerography demonstrated
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