2012 Event Scientists create a 'magic carpet' using optical fibers to help prevent elderly people from falling by detecting when unusual footsteps are taken 1958 Death Albert Kuyle, Lou Kuitenbrouwer, writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at 54 1950 Event "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel 1950 Event Operation Magic Carpet concludes transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews 1948 Event Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel 1943 Event NL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier 1942 Birthday Phil Harris, English carpet manufacturer/multi-millionaire 1939 Birthday Topham Brinton, English carpet magnate/multi-millionaire 1914 Birthday Cornelis "Kees" Andrea, Dutch painter/graphic artist/carpet designer 1902 Birthday Jean C M Picart le Doux, France, carpet designer 1892 Birthday Jean Lurcat, French painter/carpet designer 1876 Event 1st carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Michigan) 1752 Death Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer, dies at 57 1694 Birthday Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer 1638 Birthday David Teniers III, Flemish painter, carpet cartons 1607 Death Alessandro Agnolo Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer, dies at 72 1592 Death Michiel Coxcie, Flemish (court)painter/carpet designer, dies 1535 Birthday Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer 1502 Birthday Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer
