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Randy Alfred

June 22, 1675: Greenwich Becomes Royal Pane on the Stars

June 15, 1878: Muybridge Horses Around With Motion Pictures

June 10, 2000: A London Bridge Is Swaying Hard

June 2, 1953: Coronation Shown on Global Kluge TV

May 18, 1980: St. Helens Blows Its Top Off

May 8, 1951: DuPont Debuts Dacron

May 6, 1840: Queen Victoria Gets Stamped

May 5, 1809: Hats Off to First U.S. Woman Patent-Holder

May 1, 1884: Everything's Up to Date in Windy City

April 28, 1926: Waving Hello to a New Subatomic Theory

April 23, 1827: Shedding a Ray of Light on <nobr>Rays of Light</nobr>

April 20, 1940: Electron Microscope Crosses the Atlantic; Zworykin Crosses the Delaware

April 16, 1947: Ship Explosion Ignites 3-Day Rain of Fire and Death

April 15, 1726: Apple Doesn't Fall Far <nobr>From Physicist</nobr>

April 10, 1815: Tambora Explosion Triggers 'Volcanic Winter'

April 8, 1869: What Do You Mean, 'It's Not <nobr>Brain Surgery'?</nobr>

April 3, 1892: Ice Cream Puts On Its Sundae Best

April 2, 1922: Rorschach Dies, Leaving a Blot on <nobr>His Name</nobr>

March 30, 240 B.C.: Comet Cometh to Cathay

March 25, 1916: Ishi Dies, a World Ends