2014 Event Apple Inc. wins an antitrust lawsuit accusing it of blocking competing music providers in its iTunes 7.0 update; the company proved that its upgrades were product improvements and that consumers were still able to access music purchased elsewhere 1984 Event Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally 1953 Event "Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax 1924 Birthday Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician, proved Zipf's law 1906 Event U.S. inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion," a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio and broadcasting 1870 Event Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum 1868 Birthday Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity 1851 Birthday Walter Reed, U.S. Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever 1819 Birthday Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault, physicist, pendulum proved Earth rotates
