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Randy Alfred

April 8, 1879: The Milkman Cometh ... With Glass Bottles

March 30, 1848: Niagara Falls Runs Dry

March 16, 1802: Army Engineers Get New Foundation

March 9, 1454: This Man Is a Continent ... or Two

Feb. 22, 1857: Hertz Enters Cycle of Life

Tech Presidents Day: George, Tom and Abe

Feb. 9, 1870: Feds Get on Top of the Weather

Feb. 8, 1865: Mendel Reads Paper Founding Genetics

January 1997: CES Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas

Jan. 5, 1943: George Washington Carver, King of Crops, Dies

Jan. 4: Braille, Pitman Birthdays Celebrate New Ways to Write

Dec. 30, 1924: Hubble Reveals We Are Not Alone

Dec. 16, 1832: A Towering Engineer Is Born

Oct. 29, 1675: Leibniz ∫ums It All Up, Seriesly

Oct. 28, 1793: Whitney's Cotton Gin Patent Not Worth Much

Oct. 27, 1931: Killer Fungus Causes Nightmare on Elm Street

Oct. 22, 1905: A Star Discoverer Is Born

Oct. 21, 1879: Edison Gets the Bright Light Right

Oct. 8, 1823: New York Gets That Erie Feeling

Oct. 7, 1806: Do You Copy? Carbon Paper Patented