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On This Day In History for August 14, 2019

This is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 139 days remaining in 2019.

It was on this date in 1457, that Publication of the Mainz Psalter, the first book to feature a printed date of publication and printed colophon.

On August 14, 1885, Japan’s first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.

It was on this date in 1888, that An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan’s “The Lost Chord”, one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison’s phonograph in London, England.

It was 126 years ago today, that France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.

118 years ago today, The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.

That same date in 1935, Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.

Also on August 14, 1959, Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.

It was on this date in 1975, that The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens in London.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Italian mathematician and physicist, Giambattista Benedetti, born on this date in 1530.

Danish physicist and chemist, Hans Christian Ørsted was born 242 years ago today.

Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer and author was born on that same date in 1848.

American dentist and gambler, Doc Holliday, born on this date in 1851.

Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and academic was born on that same date in 1865.

Born August 14, 1866, Belgian mathematician and academic Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin.

Frank Oppenheimer, the American physicist and academic was born 107 years ago today.

Born August 14, 1914, African-American physicist, chemist, and academic Herman Branson.

Also turning 86 today is Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Richard R. Ernst.

Also born on that same date in 1945,  American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter, Steve Martin.

Also turning 69 today is American cartoonist Gary Larson.

American producer, director, and screenwriter, Brannon Braga, born on this date in 1965.

Also born on that same date in 1966,  American model, actress, and producer, Miss World United States 1986, Halle Berry.

American chemist and astronaut, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, born on this date in 1969.

Listener Birthdays

17 – Clive Jevons, Baeumenheim German, Kevin (SusietheGeek’s son and Geek in Training)

19 – Brian Litecky (blitecky)

19 – Matt Rider (The Eagle Scout Geek )

20 – Jedi_Kez (aka Brian From Winnipeg)

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And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for August 14, 2019

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