On June 14, 1951, the U.S. Census Bureau dedicated UNIVAC,
the first commercially produced electronic digital computer in
the United States. UNIVAC, which stood for Universal Automatic Computer, was developed by a team of engineers led by J.
Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, makers of ENIAC, the first
general-purpose electronic digital computer. These giant
computers, which used thousands of vacuum tubes for
computation, were the forerunners of today’s digital
computers.

Lorenzo “Larry” Caramella
(August 10, 1925 – January 16, 2018)

Larry began his long career in broadcasting as
a DJ, booth announcer, newscaster, talk show
host, and broadcast engineer. He was with KPOJ,
KXL, KGW (below), KPTV, and KATU along with
other stations.

SANDY KOZEL

Guglielmo Marconi, (1st Marquis of Marconi) (April 25, 1874 – July 20, 1937) 

Marconi was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer known for his
pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission and for his
development of Marconi’s law and a radio telegraph system. He is
credited as the inventor of radio, and he shared the 1909 Nobel
Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of
their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".

It was on this day in 1507.

On this day in 1945, U.S. and Soviet forces met at Torgau, Germany 
near the Elbe River.

The U.S. Hubble Space Telescope was placed into Earth’s orbit on
this day in 1990. It was released by the space shuttle Discovery
(below).

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996)

The Queen of Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald, won thirteen Grammy Awards and
became a legend for singing "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"
and "I’m Making Believe." Her rendition of "Summertime" with Louis
Armstrong is considered one of the best collaborations in music
history.

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong in the recording studio.

Alfred Bernhard Nobel (October 21, 1833 – December 10, 1896)

Swedish chemist, engineer, and inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel used his
fortune posthumously to institute the Nobel Prizes. In his lifetime he issued
350 patents internationally and established 90 armaments factories. He grew
up wealthy after his father invented modern plywood and filed his first patent
himself in 1857, for a gas meter. While studying explosives, a shed he was
using for the preparation of nitroglycerin, exploded at a factory in Heleneborg, 
Stockholm and killed five people, including his younger brother Emil.