671 – Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock (clepsydra) called
Rokoku. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is
placed in the capital of Ōtsu.
1832 - Birth day of Nicolaus
August Otto (Death : 26 January 1891) was a German engineer who
successfully developed the compressed charge internal combustion engine
which ran on petroleum gas and led to the modern internal combustion
engine.
1916 – The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
1935 - Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio, by Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith and William Griffith Wilson.
1972 – Birth day of Sundar Pichai, Indian-American businessman and Google CEO
2002
– The first direct electronic communication experiment between the
nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the
United Kingdom.
2003 – The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
2018 – Opportunity rover, sends it last message back to earth. The mission was finally declared over on February 13, 2019.
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