Today in History |
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This Day in History | ||
1900 | Haskell Curry, American mathematician and logician best known for his work in combinatory logic was born (d. 1982) | |
1906 | The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar. | |
1940 | Lascaux cave painting discovered in France. 15,000- to 17,000-year-old animal representations. | |
1958 | Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit. | |
1959 | Premiere of Bonanza, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color. | |
1966 | Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA’s Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder
(except for the Apollo lunar missions) |
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2011 | The 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City opens to the public. |