Hmm... what else happened on my birthday?
1811:
American inventor John Stevens and his son
Robert Livingston Stevens operate the first
steam-propelled ferryboat between
New York City and
Hoboken,
New Jersey.
1980:
The
Soviet cosmonauts Valery V. Ryumin and
Leonid I. Popov return to
Earth after a record 185 days in space abord
Salyut 6.
1988:
Mathematicians use a network of computers in the
United States,
Europe, and
Australia to
factor a 100-digit number for the first time.
Well, who was born today?
1884:
Eleanor Roosevelt, social
activist
1919:
Art Blakey, American
jazz drummer and bandleader
1939:
Maria Bueno,
Brazilian
amateur tennis player
Any holidays?
Antifascist Uprising Day (
Macedonia)
General Pulaski Memorial Day
National
Coming Out Day (
United States)
Revolution Day (
Panama)