2004 Max Faget, engineer, led the design of the Gemini space capsule, dies at 83
2002 Gordon Matthews, engineer, inventor of voice mail, dies at 65
1997 Robert Sutton, electronics engineer, dies at 82
1997 Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer, dies at 91
1996 Michael Fenton Haddon, mining engineer, dies at 81
1996 Ronald Ogden, engineer, dies at 81
1996 Gordon Scarrott, engineer, dies at 80
1996 Richard Day, engineer/development expert, dies at 48
1996 Owen Tudor Williams, civil engineer, dies at 79
1996 Walter Hassan, engineer, dies at 91
1996 Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer, dies at 90
1996 Noel Walton Bott, engineer, dies at 88
1996 Lewis B Combs, naval commander/civil engineer, dies at 101
1996 Zora Arkus-Duntov, engineer, dies at 86
1996 Dante Giacosa, engineer/designer, dies at 91
1996 David Packard, electronic engineer/businessman, dies at 83
1996 Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer, dies at 92
1996 Ray McIntire, chemical engineer, dies at 77
1996 Edmund Happold, engineer, dies at 65
1996 Geoffrey Pardoe, engineer, dies at 67
1996 Arthur Rudolph, rocket Engineer, dies at 89
1995 Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days and $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland
1995 Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington, engineer, dies at 75
1994 Mark Robert Isfeld, combat Engineer, dies at 31
1994 Lewis Boddington, aerospace Engineer, dies at 85
1987 Henk H Badings, mine engineer/composer (Orestes, Kain), dies at 80
1982 Vladimir K Zworykin, Russ/American engineer (cathode-ray tube), dies
1973 Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (War Diary), dies at 79
1968 Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78
1963 Pedro Duque, born in Madrid, Spain, engineer and astronaut, STS 78 alt, sk:95
1962 Mark Robert Isfeld, combat engineer
1962 Jesse G Vincent, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine, dies at 82
1962 Charles-Jean baron de la Vallee-Poussin, Belgian engineer, dies at 96
1961 Pieter Tesch, mine engineer/geology (Pedestal of Netherlands), dies
1960 Georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies
1960 Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer, dies at 58
1949 Syed Kirmani, cricketer, Indian keeper after Engineer
1948 Richard Day, engineer/development expert
1947 Colin Sanders, British computer engineer, Solid State Logic
1946 Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed
1945 John Ambrose Fleming, electrical engineer, dies
1938 Farokh Engineer, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, 1961-75
1937 Guglielmo Marconi, Ital engineer/marquis (radio, Nobel 1909), dies
1931 Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente), dies at 84
1930 Edmund Happold, engineer
1929 Karl Friedrich Benz, automobile engineer (Mercedes), dies at 84
1928 Geoffrey Pardoe, engineer
1926 Kenneth H Olsen, U.S., engineer/founder, Digital Equipment Corp
1926 Jack Levy, mechanical engineer
1925 Paul MacCready, engineer/inventor, 1st man-powered aircraft
1925 Trevor Hughes, water engineer
1925 Clement Ader, French engineer (steam engine airplane), dies at 84
1923 Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at 91
1922 Diarmuid Downs, auto engineer
1920 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73
1920 Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington, engineer/Industrialist
1919 Jorge de Sena, Portuguese engineer/poet, Reino da Estupidez
1918 Ray McIntire, chemical engineer
1916 Owen Tudor Williams, civil engineer
1916 Gordon Scarrott, engineer
1915 Robert Sutton, electronics engineer
1915 Ronald Ogden, engineer
1915 Michael Fenton Haddon, mining engineer
1915 Joseph D Craggs, electrical engineer
1914 George Westinghouse, U.S. engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies at 67
1913 Hugh Ford, FRS mechanic engineer
1913 Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper
1912 David Packard, electronic engineer/businessman
1912 J-Henri Poincare, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58
1912 William Gordon Harris, civil engineer
1912 Roy Hofheinz, engineer, Houston Astrodome
1911 Georg Knorr, German engineer, dies
1910 Pierre Schaeffer, French engineer/composer
1907 Noel Walton Bott, engineer
1907 Lewis Boddington, aerospace engineer
1907 Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico
1907 Kenneth Allen, engineer
1907 Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer, dies at 59
1906 Arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer
1906 Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer
1906 Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer
1905 Angus Paton, civil engineer
1905 Walter Hassan, engineer
1905 Frits Philips, Dutch engineer/CEO, Philips
1905 Dante Giacosa, engineer/designer
1904 Owen Saunders, mechanical engineer
1904 Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer
1903 Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83
1903 Alfred Pugsley, civil engineer
1902 Pieter Caland, Dutch hydraulic engineer (New Waterway), dies at 74
1902 William Lear, engineer/manufacturer/CEO, Lear Jet Corp
1902 Harold Roxbee Cox Kings Norton, aeronautical engineer
1901 Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer, typewriter
1900 A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles
1900 George Labram, U.S. mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle
1899 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76
1898 John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies
1895 Lewis B. Combs, naval commander and civil engineer
1894 Ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89
1893 Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer, Madonna dei filosofi
1890 Paul J M Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author
1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Engineer's Thumb"
1889 Vladimir K Zworykin, U.S.S.R., electronics engineer/inventor, father of TV
1889 Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85
1885 Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer, dikes
1880 W Hupkes, engineer/director, Dutch Rail 1938
1880 Jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine
1878 Lillian Moller Gilbreth, engineer, CIOS Gold Medal-1954
1874 Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curaeao, dies at 86
1870 Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder, Golden Gate Bridge
1869 Frederik W. Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68
1864 Daniel Phineas Woodbury, U.S. engineer/Union general-major, dies
1864 [John] Casey Jones, RR engineer, Ballad of Casey Jones
1863 C-E Auguste Rateau, French mining engineer, Rateau steam turbine
1861 Bion Joseph Arnold, electrical engineer/inventor
1860 Joseph Locke, railway engineer, dies
1860 Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer, Colombia-Panama
1859 Georg Knorr, German engineer, brake system trains
1859 George Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor, Ferris Wheel
1858 Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer, Philips
1858 George Washington Goethals, engineer, built Panama Canal
1856 Nikola Tesla, born in Croatia, electrical engineer/inventor, Tesla Coil
1854 Solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer
1854 Cornelis W. Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname, 1902-05
1852 Henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight
1848 Lewis H Latimer, inventor/engineer
1848 George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies
1847 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer, Limburg's coal basin
1847 Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer, tectonic geology
1847 Karl von Bach, German engineer, Maschinenelemente
1846 Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes
1842 Carl PG von Linde, German engineer/physicist, Linde-procede
1842 Clarence King, mining engineer, geologist
1841 George Melville, polar explorer, naval engineer
1841 Clement Ader, French engineer
1838 John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82
1837 Marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French President, 1887-94, ; assassinated
1834 Gottlieb Daimler, born in Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle
1834 William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer
1832 Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer, Eiffel tower
1828 Jedediah Hotchkiss, Engineer Confederate Army, died in 1899
1827 Pieter Caland, Dutch hydraulic engineer, New Waterway
1822 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer, rails/trains
1820 James Buchanan Eads, U.S., engineer/inventor, Eads Bridge-St. Louis
1818 Jeremy F Gilmer, Maj Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept
1817 John Fowler, English engineer, London Metropolitan Railway
1813 Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor, Bessemer engine
1810 William Froude, England, engineer/naval architect
1807 Thomas Green Clemson, mining engineer, endowed Clemson University
1805 Christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68
1800 Frederik W. Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer
1798 JBAL Leonce Elie de Beaumont, French mine engineer/geologist
1788 Thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter
1787 Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch writer/engineer on Curaeao
1772 Robert Stevenson, born in Glasgow, civil engineer
1769 Mark Isambard Brunel, engineer/inventor
1764 Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect, built Capitol
1763 Claude Chappe, French engineer, optical telegraph
1758 Cornelis R T Krayenhoff, Dutch fortress engineer/cartographer
1755 Jan Blanken, Dutch hydraulic engineer
1754 Nicolaas S Cruquius, hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75
1736 Christian Brunings, Dutch hydraulic engineer
1724 John Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer
1716 Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63
1683 Rene-Antoine de Reaumur, France, biologist/engineer
1678 Nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer, drained Haarlemmermeer
1660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building
1650 John Adriaensz, hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at about 74
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