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On This Day In History for May 28, 2014
This is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 217 days remaining in 2014.
- It was on this date in 585 BC that a solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of Halys, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.
- That same date in 1892 – In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
- Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication today in 1936.
- That same date Klaipėda Radio Station begins regular broadcasting.
- and one year later, The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.
- While Franklin D was doing that, Volkswagen (VW), the German automobile manufacturer was founded.
- 12 years ago today, the Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars.
- and just two years ago, the discovery of Flame, a complex malware program targeting computers in Middle Eastern countries, is announced.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to
- Italian mathematician Jacopo Riccati born on this date in 1676
- The man who developed the blow torch, Carl Richard Nyberg, was born today in 1858.
- Also celebrating his birthday today in 1879, Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist, Milutin Milanković
- and finally Ruby Payne-Scott, the Australian physicist and astronomer would have been 102 today.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 28, 2014
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- 30 –Petri Lopia
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- X-Men enthusiast turns himself into a real-world Magneto (sort of)
- Hear disk drives play the ‘Back to the Future’ theme (really) – CNET
- Build your own Hobbit House
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