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04 September 2018

Interesting tidbits:

476 – Romulus Augustulus, last Emperor of the western half of the Roman Empire, was deposed when Odoacer proclaimed himself "King of Italy". However, Romulus Augustulus was NOT the last claimant to the throne. Julius Nepos, a former Emperor who himself had been deposed earlier, still ruled a small bit of the western Empire in the Balkans until his death in 480.

1882 – Thomas Edison fliped the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age.

1886 – After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrendered to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.

1888 – George Eastman registered the trademark Kodak and received a patent for his camera that used roll film. Remember roll film?

1923 – Maiden flight of the USS Shenandoah. USS Shenandoah was the first of four U.S. Navy rigid airships. It developed the Navy's experience with rigid airships, and made the first crossing of North America by airship. On the 57th flight, Shenandoah was torn apart in a squall line over Ohio in 1925.

1950 – Darlington Raceway was the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.

1951 – The first live transcontinental television broadcast took place in San Francisco, California, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.

1957 – The Ford Motor Company introduced the Edsel.

1985 – The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.

1998 – Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University. 

Today's birthday crew:

1826 – Martin Wiberg, Swedish philosopher and inventor. He is known as a computer pioneer for his 1875 invention of a machine the size of a sewing machine that could print logarithmic tables. The device was similar ot Charles Babbage's difference engine.

1848 – Lewis Howard Latimer, African American inventor and draftsman. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell employed Latimer, then a draftsman at Bell's patent law firm, to draft the necessary drawings required to receive a patent for Bell's telephone.

1901 – William Lyons, English industrialist and businessman, co-founded Jaguar cars.

1905 – Mary Renault, English novelist.

1905 – Walter Zapp, Baltic German inventor.

1924 – Joan Aiken, English author.

1925 – Forrest Carter, American author (Josey Wales).

1928 – Dick York, American actor (NOT Dick Sargent). 

1957 – Patricia Tallman, American actress. She had guest-starring roles on Tales from the Dark Side, Star Trek: TNG, Star Trek: DS9, and Star Trek: Voyager. Tallman played the character Lyta Alexander in the Babylon 5 series pilot, recurring in seasons two and three, and starring in seasons four and five. With fellow Carnegie Mellon alumnus George A. Romero, Tallman collaborated on several films, including Knightriders, Monkey Shines, and Creepshow 2 (in which Tallman performed stunts). In 1990, Tallman starred as Barbara in the remake of Night of the Living Dead. She also played the Possessed Witch under heavy make-up in Army of Darkness. In addition, she served as stunt double for Laurel Holloman, who portrayed vampire hunter Justine Cooper in an episode of Angel. 

1968 – John DiMaggio, American voice actor and comedian, best known for his work as Bender from Futurama, Smiling Jack from the Vampire the Masquarade: Bloodlines game, Marcus Fenix from the Gears of War video game series, numerous characters from the Ben 10 Franchise, and Jake the Dog on Adventure Time.

1973 – Jason David Frank, American actor and mixed martial artist (Tommy).

1975 – Kai Owen, Welsh actor who played Rhys Williams in Torchwood.

1999 - Ellie Darcey-Alden, British actress who played the young Lily Evans in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. 

Happy birthday guys!