2014 Event Astronauts at the International Space Station have created a specialized wrench in their 3D printer using a custom-designed blueprint emailed to the station from engineers on Earth; previously, objects have been printed from pre-loaded design files 2014 Event The International Space Station announces that it has successfully installed and operated a 3D printer; the printer will be used to reduce costs by manufacturing parts at the station rather than transporting them from Earth 2013 Event The world's first plastic gun, produced by a 3-D printer by Defense Distributed fires successfully in Austin, Texas. Security officials fear plastic weapons would not be detected at airport screenings 1996 Death Christopher Prater, screen printer, dies at 72 1996 Death John Gorman, printer/socialist historian, dies at 66 1996 Death Peter Phillips, printer, dies at 61 1952 Birthday Larry Bartlett, photographic printer 1944 Death French Duwaer, Dutch printer/resistance fighter, executed 1930 Birthday John Gorman, printer/socialist historian 1924 Birthday Christopher Prater, screen printer 1913 Birthday Vivian Ridler, printer, Oxford University 1882 Birthday Hendrik N Werkman, painter/printer/resistance fighter, Hot printing 1870 Birthday Berend Modderman, printer, Drukkers yearbook 1865 Birthday Frederick William Goudy, U.S., printer/type designer 1860 Birthday Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer, Printing Types 1852 Death John Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies 1783 Death Jacobus Enschede, Haarlems printer, dies at 39 1775 Death Andrew Foulis, bookseller/printer, dies 1775 Death John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68 1749 Birthday Isaiah Thomas, U.S., printer/editor/publisher/historian 1740 Birthday Giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer, Bodoni 1706 Birthday John Baskerville, English printer, typeface inventor 1692 Birthday Edward Cave, England, printer, Gentlemen's Magazine 1676 Death John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76 1668 Death Stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies 1652 Death Abraham Verhoeven, Flemish printer/newspaper publisher, dies 1627 Death Dirck R "Didericus" Camphuysen, poet/printer/vicar, dies at about 41 1600 Birthday John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, baptised 1545 Death Jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded 1534 Death Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83 1513 Death Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70 1512 Death Richard Pafraet, Dutch printer, dies 1468 Death Johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg, printer, dies 1422 Birthday William Caxton, 1st English printer, Histories of Troy
