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On this day in 1954, science fiction became science fact as the world's first atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, was commissioned.

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Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi, was born on this day in 1901.

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Seymour Cray, the master of supercomputer design, was born on this day in 1925.

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On this day in 1955 Anacleto Montero Sanchez, of Salamanca, ES, received a patent for a "Hypodermic Syringe" ("for administering a plurality of measured doses, particularly to animals").

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Environmentalist Johnny Appleseed was born on this day in 1774.

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The creator of the Gossamer Condor and other unique aircraft, Paul MacCready, was born on this day in 1925.

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Astronaut John Young was born on this day in 1930. He has flown in space six times. He was commander of the first shuttle mission, walked on the Moon during the Apollo 16 mission, made the first manned flight of the Gemini spacecraft and was on the aborted Apollo 13 flight. He also piloted four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command and Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module and the Space Shuttle.

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Game players of the world rejoice! For on this day in 1889, Nintendo was founded.

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Today is the birthday of Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang.

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Today is the birthday of the inventor of the autogyro, Juan De La Ceriva.

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On this day in 1938 patent #2,130,948 was granted for the synthetic fiber known as nylon.

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On this day in 1876 Melville Bissell patented his carpet sweeper. The company he founded with his wife is still going strong today and is still run by the Bissell family.

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On this day in 1977, Voyager 1 became the first spacecraft to take a picture of the Earth and moon together.

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On this day in 1918, Elmer Sperry received a patent for the gyrocompass, an essential element of modern ship navigation. The epinomous company he founded eventually became one of the first manufacturers of modern computers.

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Master bridge builder and civil engineer Squire Whipple was born on this day in 1804

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On this day in 1966, Gemini XI ended its succesful orbital mission.

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They typewriter ribbon was patented 111 years ago today.

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If you have no idea what yellow fever is then take a moment to thank Walter Reed; the man who discovered its cause and helped to eliminate it. He was born 146 years ago today.

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On this day in 1847, reknowned astronomer and lecturer Mary Watson Whitney was born.

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The inventor of vinyl, Waldo Semon, was born on this day in 1898. He held over 116 patents and lived to be 100 years old.

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Dennis Ritchie, the creator of the C programming language was born on this day in 1941.

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The inventor of the microelectrode, Ida Henrietta Hyde, was born on this day in 1857.

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A co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, David Packard, was born on this day in 1912. Hewlett-Packard Company's first product, an audio oscillator, was used by Walt Disney Studios to test sound equipment for the movie "Fantasia."

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James Macleod, the physiologist and Nobel laureate who is most known for his work on carbohydrate metabolism and insulin, was born on this day in 1876.

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Voyager 1, the first man made object to leave the solar system, was launched on this day in 1977

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Lewis Latimer, who received a patent for an improved process for manufacturing the carbon filaments in light bulbs which allowed for a reduction in time to produce and an increase in quality of the bulbs, was born on this day in 1848.

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Andrew Grove, CEO emeritus of Intel was born on this day in 1936.