http://importance.corante.com/ en-us ernest.miller@aya.yale.edu 2005-07-13T08:33:29-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/13/today_in_history_july_13.php July 13 1527 - Birth of John Dee, English scientist (d. 1608 or 1609)Dee's most long-lasting practical achievement may be his promotion of mathematics outside the universities. His "Mathematical Preface" to Euclid was meant to promote the study and application... 6323@http://importance.corante.com/ Today in History 2005-07-13T08:33:29-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/12/today_in_history_july_12.php July 12 1854 - Birth of George Eastman, American inventor (d. 1932)He invented roll film, which brought photography to the masses and led to the invention of the motion picture.July 12, 2004 - The Importance Of ...The INDUCE Act (IICA)... 6321@http://importance.corante.com/ Today in History 2005-07-12T08:46:21-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/11/today_in_history_july_11.php July 11 1754 - Birth of Thomas Bowdler, English physican and censor (d. 1825)His name is the origin of the term "bowdlerize" and his form of censorship consisted in removing what was considered offensive without other changes. "In 1818, after... 6316@http://importance.corante.com/ Today in History 2005-07-11T11:12:13-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/08/today_in_history_july_8.php July 8 1882 - Birth of Percy Grainger, Australian-born, later American, composer (d. 1961)In addition to many other accomplishments, he invented the "Free Music Machine", which was a precursor of the electric synthesizer.1969 - IBM CICS is made generally available... 6311@http://importance.corante.com/ Today in History 2005-07-08T09:44:01-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/07/today_in_history_july_7.php July 7 1752 - Birth of Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d. 1834)Inventor of the Jacquard Loom, which used the holes punched in pasteboard punch cards to control the weaving of patterns in fabric. The loom enabled even amateur weavers to... 6307@http://importance.corante.com/ Today in History 2005-07-07T09:19:48-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/06/today_in_history_july_6.php July 6 1976 - Birth of 50 Cent, American rapperEarly in his career he substantially enhanced his success through copyright infringement.... 6295@http://importance.corante.com/ Today in History 2005-07-06T07:26:36-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/05/today_in_history_july_5.php 6292@http://importance.corante.com/ Today in History 2005-07-05T09:24:40-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/04/today_in_history_july_4.php July 4 1776 - The Continental Congress approves a Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain forming the United States of America.We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed... 6279@http://importance.corante.com/ Today in History 2005-07-04T07:04:37-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/03/today_in_history_july_3.php July 3 1998 - Death of Danielle Bunten Berry, game designer and programmerHer game M.U.L.E. is considered one of the best and most influential computer games of all time.UPDATE 1040PT 1886 The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to... 6270@http://importance.corante.com/ Today in History 2005-07-03T06:20:54-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/02/today_in_history_july_2.php July 2 1862 - Birth of William Henry Bragg, physicist and chemistHe shared with his son, William Lawrence Bragg, the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics for their studies, using the X-ray spectrometer, of X-ray spectra, X-ray diffraction, and of crystal... 6264@http://importance.corante.com/ Today in History 2005-07-02T08:48:44-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/01/today_in_history_july_1_special_canada_day_edition.php July 1 Special Canada Day Edition 1646 - Birth of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1716)In addition to his famous independent discovery of the calculus, and the notation we use today, Leibniz constructed the first mechanical calculator... 6257@http://importance.corante.com/ Today in History 2005-07-01T05:46:38-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/30/today_in_history_june_30.php June 30 1936 - Gone With the Wind published.A parody of this famous book, The Wind Done Gone, was sued by GWTW's copyright holders. The district court enjoined sale of the parody, but the 11th Cir. overturned the injunction in... 6253@http://importance.corante.com/ Today in History 2005-06-30T12:47:26-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/29/today_in_history_june_29.php June 29 1895 - Death of Thomas Henry Huxley, Biologist "Darwin's Bulldog" - 'Nuff said. 1903 - Birth of Alan Blumlein, Electrical Engineer He developed new methods for the production of gramophone recordings, circuitry that was used in the earliest... 6249@http://importance.corante.com/ Today in History 2005-06-29T12:53:37-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/26/today_in_history_june_26.php June 26 1824 - Birth of Lord Kelvin. Not only was he a great physicist (having a temperature scale named after him and all), his scientific discoveries led directly to the development of the first transatlantic telegraph cable. 1997 -... 6224@http://importance.corante.com/ Today in History 2005-06-26T00:28:59-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/25/today_in_history_june_25.php June 25 1903 - Birth of George Orwell In a world of increasing communications, his work on the political implications of language still resonates. 1967 - First global satellite television programme – "Our World" Of course, today, I can pull... 6217@http://importance.corante.com/ Today in History 2005-06-25T12:40:50-08:00