Sunday, January 13, 2008

Today in History: January 13

  • 1864 German physicist Wilhelm Wien born, discovered the proton.
  • 1908 English-born Frenchman Henry Farman 1st to publicly fly a 1 Km circuit.
  • 1930 First issue of the Mickey Mouse comic strip, by Walt Disney.
  • 1957 Frisbee invented by Wham-O Co., from a pie tin.
  • 1992 Japan apologizes for forced sex slavery of Korean women in WWII.



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