Today in History
Listings for Friday, December 6, 2019.
Birthdays:
- 1682 G.C. Fagnano --1766
- 1822 John Eberhard, built 1st large scale pencil factory in US.
- 1856 W.F.A. von Dyck --1934
- 1870 William S. Hart, star of silent Western movies
- 1886 Joyce Kilmer, American poet (Trees)
- 1887 Lynn Fontanne
- 1896 Ira Gershwin
- 1906 Agnes Moorehead
- 1920 Dave Brubeck
- 1924 Wally Cox
- 1936 David Ossman
- 1953 Tom Hulce
- 1955 Steven Wright
- 1956 Peter Buck
Events:
- 1492 Haiti discovered by Columbus
- 1534 Quito, Ecuador is founded by the Spanish
- 1631 first predicted transit of Venus is observed, by Kepler.
- 1882 Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit
- 1917 Finland gains its independence, from Russia.
- 1957 1st US attempt to launch a satellite: Vanguard rocket blows up.
- 1972 UNIX version 2 written in C.
That's all for today.
