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 July 26
 1775: The
U.S. Postal System was established by the 2nd Continental Congress
of the United States, with
Benjamin
Franklin appointed as the first
Postmaster
General. 1895: Pierre Curie married
Marie Sklodowska
(Curie) in Sceaux, France. 1916:
John Whinnery,
co-author of the classic "Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics" book, was
born. 1921: Jean Shepherd, pioneer talk radio host, raconteur, and amateur radio operator
(K2ORS), was born. 1926:
Joseph
Engelberger, co-inventor of
Unimate, the first industrial robot, was born. 1945:
Winston Churchill was defeated by the Labour party's
Clement Attlee.
1947: The U.S. Department of Defense was established by the
National Security Act of 1947. 1963: NASA launched
Syncom 2, the first successful geosynchronous orbit at 22,300
miles altitude. 1969: Scientists had a first look at the 46 pounds of rocks that
Apollo
11 astronauts brought back from the moon. 1984: The Tonight Show starring
Johnny Carson became the first network television show to be broadcast in stereo.
1998:
AT&T and
British Telecommunications announced they were forming a joint
venture.
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Note: These
historical tidbits have been collected from various sources, mostly on the Internet.
As detailed in
this article, there
is a lot of wrong information that is repeated hundreds of times because most websites
do not validate with authoritative sources. On RF Cafe, events with
hyperlinks have been verified. Many years ago,
I began commemorating the birthdays of notable people and events with
special RF Cafe logos.
Where available, I like to use images from postage stamps from the country where
the person or event occurred. Images used in the logos are often from open source
websites like Wikipedia, and are specifically credited with a hyperlink back to
the source where possible.
Fair Use laws permit
small samples of copyrighted content.
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