2004 Death Max Faget, engineer, led the design of the Gemini space capsule, dies at 83 2002 Death Gordon Matthews, engineer, inventor of voice mail, dies at 65 1997 Death Robert Sutton, electronics engineer, dies at 82 1997 Death Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer, dies at 91 1996 Death Michael Fenton Haddon, mining engineer, dies at 81 1996 Death Ronald Ogden, engineer, dies at 81 1996 Death Gordon Scarrott, engineer, dies at 80 1996 Death Richard Day, engineer/development expert, dies at 48 1996 Death Owen Tudor Williams, civil engineer, dies at 79 1996 Death Walter Hassan, engineer, dies at 91 1996 Death Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer, dies at 90 1996 Death Noel Walton Bott, engineer, dies at 88 1996 Death Lewis B Combs, naval commander/civil engineer, dies at 101 1996 Death Zora Arkus-Duntov, engineer, dies at 86 1996 Death Dante Giacosa, engineer/designer, dies at 91 1996 Death David Packard, electronic engineer and businessman, dies at 83 1996 Death Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer, dies at 92 1996 Death Ray McIntire, chemical engineer, dies at 77 1996 Death Edmund Happold, structural engineer, founded engineering constituency, Buro Happold, worked on Sydney Opera House, dies at 65 1996 Death Geoffrey Pardoe, engineer, dies at 67 1996 Death Arthur Rudolph, rocket Engineer, dies at 89 1995 Event 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 Death Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington, engineer, dies at 75 1995 Death Yahya Ayyash, nicknamed 'the Engineer,' chief bomb maker for Hamas, most wanted man in Israel, caused deaths of 90 Israelis, assassinated by Isreal's Shin Bet with a booby trapped cellular phone 1994 Death Mark Robert Isfeld, combat Engineer, dies at 31 1994 Death Lewis Boddington, aerospace Engineer, dies at 85 1987 Death Henk H Badings, mine engineer/composer (Orestes, Kain), dies at 80 1982 Death Vladimir K Zworykin, Russian/American engineer (cathode-ray tube), dies 1973 Death Carlo Emilio Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (War Diary), dies at 79 1969 Birthday Linus Torvalds, born in Helsinki, Finland, inventor, software engineer, pioneered development of the Linux kernel, a free, open source software operating system 1968 Death Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78 1966 Birthday Yahya Ayyash, born in Palestine, nicknamed 'the Engineer,' chief bomb maker for Hamas, most wanted man in Israel, caused deaths of 90 Israelis 1963 Birthday Pedro Duque, born in Madrid, Spain, engineer and astronaut, STS-78 alt, sk:95 1962 Birthday Mark Robert Isfeld, combat engineer 1962 Death Jesse G Vincent, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine, dies at 82 1962 Death Charles-Jean baron de la Vallee-Poussin, Belgian engineer, dies at 96 1961 Death Pieter Tesch, mine engineer/geology (Pedestal of Netherlands), dies 1960 Death Georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies 1960 Death Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer, dies at 58 1955 Event 1st prototype of hovercraft patented by British engineer Christoper Cockerell 1955 Birthday Bill Nye, born in Washington, D.C., comedian, television host, mechanical engineer, host of children's science show, 'Bill Nye the Science Guy' 1949 Birthday Syed Kirmani, cricketer, Indian keeper after Engineer 1948 Birthday Jimmy Hood, born in Lesmahagow, Scotland, Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East, Labor Party, worked as a mining engineer 1948 Birthday Richard Day, engineer/development expert 1947 Birthday Colin Sanders, British computer engineer, Solid State Logic 1946 Death Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed 1945 Death John Ambrose Fleming, electrical engineer, dies 1943 Birthday Burt Rutan, born in Estacada, Oregon, Elbert Leander Burt Rutan, inventor, aerospace engineer, created the Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, and SpaceShipOne, which entered space two times in fourteen days 1938 Birthday Farokh Engineer, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, 1961-75 1937 Death Guglielmo Marconi, Italian engineer/marquis (radio, Nobel 1909), dies 1931 Death Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente), dies at 84 1930 Birthday Edmund Happold, born in England, structural engineer, founded engineering constituency, Buro Happold, worked on Sydney Opera House 1929 Birthday Amar Bose, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, electrical engineer, Ph.D. from MIT, founder, chairman, Bose Corporation, patented dominantly reflecting sound field mimicking listening space of the audience in a concert hall 1929 Death Karl Friedrich Benz, automobile engineer (Mercedes), dies at 84 1928 Birthday Geoffrey Pardoe, engineer 1926 Birthday Kenneth H Olsen, U.S., engineer/founder, Digital Equipment Corp 1926 Birthday Jack Levy, mechanical engineer 1925 Birthday Paul MacCready, engineer/inventor, 1st man-powered aircraft 1925 Birthday Trevor Hughes, water engineer 1925 Death Clement Ader, French engineer (steam engine airplane), dies at 84 1923 Death Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at 91 1922 Birthday Diarmuid Downs, auto engineer 1920 Death Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73 1920 Birthday Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington, engineer/Industrialist 1919 Birthday Jorge de Sena, Portuguese engineer/poet, Reino da Estupidez 1918 Birthday Ray McIntire, chemical engineer 1916 Birthday Owen Tudor Williams, civil engineer 1916 Birthday Gordon Scarrott, engineer 1915 Birthday Robert Sutton, electronics engineer 1915 Birthday Ronald Ogden, engineer 1915 Birthday Michael Fenton Haddon, mining engineer 1915 Birthday Joseph D Craggs, electrical engineer 1914 Death George Westinghouse, U.S. engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies at 67 1913 Birthday Hugh Ford, FRS mechanic engineer 1913 Event Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper 1913 Birthday Edward Fiennes-Clinton, born in Australia, born Edward Horace Fiennes-Clinton, 18th Earl of Lincoln, engineer, landowner, inherited Earldom but formally did not prove his right to the title 1912 Birthday David Packard, electronic engineer and businessman 1912 Death J-Henri Poincare, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58 1912 Birthday William Gordon Harris, civil engineer 1912 Birthday Roy Hofheinz, engineer, Houston Astrodome 1911 Death Georg Knorr, German engineer, dies 1910 Birthday Pierre Schaeffer, French engineer/composer 1907 Birthday Noel Walton Bott, engineer 1907 Birthday Lewis Boddington, aerospace engineer 1907 Event Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico 1907 Birthday Kenneth Allen, engineer 1907 Death Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer, dies at 59 1906 Birthday Arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer 1906 Birthday Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer 1906 Birthday Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer 1905 Birthday Angus Paton, civil engineer 1905 Birthday Walter Hassan, engineer 1905 Birthday Frits Philips, Dutch engineer/CEO, Philips 1905 Birthday Dante Giacosa, engineer/designer 1904 Birthday Owen Saunders, mechanical engineer 1904 Birthday Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer 1903 Death Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83 1903 Birthday Alfred Pugsley, civil engineer 1902 Death Pieter Caland, Dutch hydraulic engineer (New Waterway), dies at 74 1902 Birthday William Lear, engineer/manufacturer/CEO, Lear Jet Corp 1902 Birthday Harold Roxbee Cox Kings Norton, aeronautical engineer 1901 Birthday Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer, typewriter 1900 Event A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles 1900 Death George Labram, U.S. mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle 1899 Death Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76 1898 Death John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies 1895 Birthday Lewis B. Combs, naval commander and civil engineer 1894 Death Ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89 1890 Birthday Paul J M Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author 1889 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Engineer's Thumb" 1889 Birthday Vladimir K Zworykin, U.S.S.R., electronics engineer/inventor, father of TV 1889 Death Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 1885 Birthday Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer, dikes 1880 Birthday W Hupkes, engineer/director, Dutch Rail 1938 1880 Birthday Jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine 1878 Birthday Lillian Moller Gilbreth, engineer, CIOS Gold Medal-1954 1874 Death Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curaeao, dies at 86 1870 Birthday Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder, Golden Gate Bridge 1869 Death Frederik W. Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68 1864 Death Daniel Phineas Woodbury, U.S. engineer/Union general-major, dies 1864 Birthday [John] Casey Jones, RR engineer, Ballad of Casey Jones 1863 Birthday C-E Auguste Rateau, French mining engineer, Rateau steam turbine 1861 Birthday Bion Joseph Arnold, electrical engineer/inventor 1860 Death Joseph Locke, railway engineer, dies 1860 Birthday Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer, Colombia-Panama 1859 Birthday Georg Knorr, German engineer, brake system trains 1859 Birthday George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., engineer/inventor, Ferris Wheel 1858 Birthday Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer, Philips 1858 Birthday George Washington Goethals, engineer, built Panama Canal 1858 Birthday Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, Diesel motor 1856 Birthday Nikola Tesla, born in Croatia, electrical engineer/inventor, Tesla Coil 1854 Birthday Solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer 1854 Birthday Cornelis W. Lely, Dutch engineer and Governor of Suriname, 1902 - 1905 1852 Event Henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight 1848 Birthday Lewis H Latimer, inventor/engineer 1848 Death George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies 1847 Birthday Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer, Limburg's coal basin 1847 Birthday Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer, tectonic geology 1847 Birthday Karl von Bach, German engineer, Maschinenelemente 1846 Birthday Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes 1842 Birthday Carl PG von Linde, German engineer/physicist, Linde-procede 1842 Birthday Clarence King, mining engineer, geologist 1841 Birthday George Melville, polar explorer, naval engineer 1841 Birthday Clement Ader, French engineer 1838 Death John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 1837 Birthday Marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French President, 1887-94, ; assassinated 1834 Birthday Gottlieb Daimler, born in Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle 1834 Birthday William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer 1832 Birthday Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer, Eiffel tower 1828 Birthday Jedediah Hotchkiss, Engineer Confederate Army 1827 Birthday Pieter Caland, Dutch hydraulic engineer, New Waterway 1822 Birthday Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer, rails/trains 1820 Birthday James Buchanan Eads, U.S., engineer/inventor, Eads Bridge-St. Louis 1818 Birthday Jeremy F Gilmer, Major Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept 1817 Birthday John Fowler, English engineer, London Metropolitan Railway 1813 Birthday Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor, Bessemer engine 1810 Birthday William Froude, England, engineer/naval architect 1807 Birthday Thomas Green Clemson, mining engineer, endowed Clemson University 1805 Death Christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68 1800 Birthday Frederik W. Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer 1798 Birthday JBAL Leonce Elie de Beaumont, French mine engineer/geologist 1788 Birthday Thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter 1787 Birthday Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch writer/engineer on Curaeao 1772 Birthday Robert Stevenson, born in Glasgow, civil engineer 1769 Birthday Mark Isambard Brunel, engineer/inventor 1764 Birthday Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect, built Capitol 1763 Birthday Claude Chappe, French engineer, optical telegraph 1758 Birthday Cornelis R T Krayenhoff, Dutch fortress engineer/cartographer 1755 Birthday Jan Blanken, Dutch hydraulic engineer 1754 Death Nicolaas S Cruquius, hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75 1736 Birthday Christian Brunings, Dutch hydraulic engineer 1724 Birthday John Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer 1716 Death Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63 1683 Birthday Rene-Antoine de Reaumur, France, biologist/engineer 1678 Birthday Nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer, drained Haarlemmermeer 1660 Birthday Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building 1650 Death John Adriaensz, hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at about 74
