- 742 Emperor Charlemagne born; father of Europe, by way of his grandfather.
- 1743 3rd President Thomas Jefferson born; wrote the Declaration of Independence.
- 1805 Danish author Hans Christian Andersen born; wrote Andersen's Fairy Tales, including The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, The Nightingale, The Princess and the Pea, The Red Shoes, The Snow Queen, Thumbelina, The Tinder Box and The Ugly Duckling.
- 1935 Scottish physicist Robert Watson-Watt patents RADAR.
- 1953 Francis Crick and James Watson publish their discovery of DNA structure in the journal Nature.
- 1978 Velcro offered commercially; developed by Swiss engineer Georges de Mestral over 30 years.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Today in History: April 2
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