The iconoscope, which made television transmission possible, was invented by this Westinghouse Company employee.
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Daily Quiz for July 12, 2014
When this man took the presidential oath of office at 2:47 in the morning, it was administered by his own father.
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Daily Quiz for July 11, 2014
Vasco da Gama, first person to sail around the Cape of Good Hope, died in this country.
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WWII Heroes Win Gold
The Congressional Gold Medal has been approved for members of the Civil Air Patrol or CAP who served during WWII and to the legendary Doolittle Raiders.
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Screamin’ Sasquatch
The jet-assisted Waco will soar at air shows this summer.
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Flight Test Museum to Expand
The Air Force Flight Test Museum, located at Edwards Air Force Base in California, is planning a move to bigger quarters.
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Albatros Returns to Old Rhinebeck
A replica Albatros D.Va built in the 1970s has been restored and is back in the air. Students of the Saxe Middle School of New Canaan, Connecticut, raised funds for the restoration.
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Percival Mew Gull Debuts
Percival Mew Gulls dominated British air racing in the late 1930s.
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Daily Quiz for July 10, 2014
Dying on the day of her father’s funeral, Louisa May Alcott died from this effect of treatment for typhoid.
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Daily Quiz for July 9, 2014
This famous painter’s works include The Death of Marat (1793), and Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1801).