2014 Event Astronauts at the International Space Station have created a specialized wrench in their 3D printer using a custom-designed blueprint emailed to the station from engineers on Earth; previously, objects have been printed from pre-loaded design files 2014 Event German design company Art+Com sues Google, claiming the Internet company infringed on its patented spatial mapping technology by incorporating its features into Google Earth; Art+Com offered to sell the patent to Google in 2006 but wasn't satisfied with Google's offer 2013 Event Once the world's fastest computer, the IBM Roadrunner, was decommissioned; advances in chip design have surpassed its capabilities 2012 Event European Central Bank president, Mario Draghi, confirms the design overhaul of euro banknotes, beginning with the 5 euro note 2010 Event Union of Myanmar changes its name to Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and changes the design of the national flag 2004 Death Max Faget, engineer, led the design of the Gemini space capsule, dies at 83 1991 Event IM Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1981 Event Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial 1969 Death Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), dies at 86 1965 Event Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day 1960 Birthday Helen Rees, director, Design Museum 1946 Event Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show 1935 Event Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar 1933 Event Noel Coward's "Design for Living," premieres in New York City 1931 Event 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented, Robert Goddard 1925 Birthday David Bache, born in Worcestershire, England, David Ernest Bache, son of footballer Joe Bache, car designer, worked with Rover, established design company David Bache Associates, created the Land Rover, Series II Land Rover 1914 Event 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted, Dr. Robert Goddard 1883 Birthday Walter Gropius, Berlin Germany, architect, Bauhaus school of design 1869 Birthday Albert Kahn, architect, originated modern factory design 1865 Event Confederate congress approves final design of "official flag" 1848 Birthday Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding design/painter, Rue de Paris 1772 Birthday William Congreve, English officer, design fire rocket 1737 Birthday Francis Hopkinson, U.S., writer/lawyer, design Stars and Stripes
