Today in History
Listings for Thursday, April 9, 2020.
Birthdays:
- 1806 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of first transatlantic steamer
- 1830 Eadweard Muybridge, pioneered study of motion in photography.
- 1834 E.N. Laguerre --1886
- 1865 Charles Proteus Steinmetz, electrical engineer
- 1869 E.J. Cartan --1951
- 1878 M. Grossmann --1936
- 1879 W.C. Fields, Philadelphian
- 1879 Claude William Dukinfield aka W.C. Fields, Phila
- 1919 John Presper Eckert, coinvented first electronic computer (ENIAC)
- 1926 Hugh Hefner
- 1933 Jean-Paul Belmondo
- 1935 Avery Schreiber
- 1939 Michael Learned
- 1954 Dennis Quaid
- 1965 Paulina Porizkova
- 1979 Keshia Knight Pulliam
Events:
- 1831 Robert Jenkins loses an ear: war between Britain and Spain.
- 1865 Lee surrenders at Appomattox, ending Civil War.
- 1953 TV Guide publishes their first issue.
- 1955 United Nations Charter hearing.
That's all for today.
