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2000 Marc Davis, Disney cartoonist, designed Disney's Pirates of the Carribean ride, dies at 86
2000 Victor Serebriakoff, genius, designed IQ tests, dies at 86 1990 Curtis Lemay, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations, dies at age 83 1986 NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics 1962 Jesse G Vincent, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine, dies at 82 1957 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback 1953 Tod Machover, born in Mount Vernon, New York, composer, innovative use of technology in music, designed interactive systems for Yo Yo Ma, Ying Quartet 1946 1st commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport Connecticut 1940 Helmut Jahn, born in Nuremburg, Germany, architect, designed O'Hare 'L' Station, Chicago, Illinois, AIA's, Ten Most Influential Living Architects, 1991 1939 Max Neuhaus, born in Beaumont, Texas, composer, percussionist, avant-garde, experimental genres, interpreter of contemporary music, sound art pioneer, designed sound generation and projection systems 1935 Millionaire Howard Hughes flies his own designed plane at 352.46 mph 1928 Clip-on tie designed 1919 Bulent Arel, born in Istanbul, composer, electronic music, contemporary classical music, worked with Edgard Varese, designed, installed electronic music laboratory at Yale University 1906 Curtis Lemay, born in Columbus, Ohio, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations 1906 Stanford White, Architect, shot dead atop Madison Square Garden which he designed by Harry Thaw jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit 1900 Gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65 1898 Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters 1886 William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships 1880 Jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine 1876 Walter Griffin, U.S. architect, city planner; designed Canberra, Australia 1876 James Fraser, designed buffalo nickel 1861 London's 1st tramcars, designed by Mr. Train of New York, begins operating 1859 Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name 1834 Gottlieb Daimler, born in Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle 1831 James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies 1822 Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer, designed Central Park 1776 Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer, designed civil code law book 1725 Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, designed and built 1st automobile |
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