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On This Day In History for October 2, 2019
This is the 275th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 90 days remaining in 2019.
- It was on this date in 1535, that Jacques Cartier discovers the present site of Montreal.
- It was 94 years ago today, that John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
- That same date in 1955, ENIAC, one of the earliest electronic general-purpose computers, is shut down.
- It was 60 years ago today, that Rod Serling’s anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS. The first episode is “Where Is Everybody?”.
- Also on October 2, 1996, The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
- 19 years ago today, The Rijndael algorithm is chosen by NIST as the AES standard.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- English anthropologist and academic, Edward Burnett Tylor, born on this date in 1832.
- William Ramsay, the Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 167 years ago today.
- Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher, Mahatma Gandhi was born 150 years ago today.
- Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor was born on that same date in 1890.
- Bud Abbott, the American comedian was born 122 years ago today.
- American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon, Alex Raymond, born on this date in 1909.
- American chemist, occultist, and engineer, Jack Parsons was born 105 years ago today.
- American computer scientist and author, Vernor Vinge is 75 today.
- Also born on that same date in 1945, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Don McLean.
- Also turning 71 today is American actor and singer Avery Brooks.
- Also born on that same date in 1951, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor, Sting.
- Also turning 45 today is Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist Sam Roberts.
This also Stan Lee Day!
Listener Birthdays
- 02 – Adam Rumpke
- 06 – John Deurholt (Jo Dho)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for October 2, 2019
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News
- China’s new ‘super camera’ can instantly pinpoint specific targets among tens of thousands of people – China power – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
- Jumping the gap may make electronics faster
- Casper Regional Landfill begins burying turbine blades
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