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László Bíró
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László Bíró

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László József Bíró, Hispanicized as Ladislao José Biro, was an Argentine, Hungary-born Jewish inventor who patented the first commercially successful modern ballpoint pen. The first ballpoint pen had been invented roughly 50 years earlier by John J. Loud, but it was not a commercial success.

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HTTP 404
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In HTTP, the 404 response status code indicates that a web client was able to communicate with a server, but the server…

Habeas Corpus Act 1679
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Habeas Corpus Act 1679
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The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 is an act of the Parliament of England passed during the reign of Charles II. It was passed b…

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On This Day

10 events
2006
Gol_Transportes_Aéreos_Flight_1907
Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collided in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Brazil, killing 154 people and triggering a national aviation crisis.
2005
John_Roberts
John Roberts became the 17th Chief Justice of the United States; he would be the first Chief Justice to serve for twenty years since Melville Fuller in 1908.
2004
Fort_Tanjong_Katong
Archaeologists and volunteers began excavation of the remains of Fort Tanjong Katong in Singapore.
1991
Walt_Disney_Animation_Studios
The award-winning Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast premiered while unfinished at the New York Film Festival.
1990
Lockheed_YF-22
The Lockheed YF-22, the prototype for the F-22 Raptor, made its first flight.
1964
Mafalda
Mafalda, a popular comic strip by Quino, was first published in newspapers in Argentina.
1963
University_of_East_Anglia
The University of East Anglia (coat of arms featured) was founded in Norwich, England, after talk of establishing a university in the city began as early as the 19th century.
1957
Nuclear_reprocessing
An explosion at the Soviet nuclear reprocessing plant Mayak released 74 to 1,850 PBq of radioactive material.
1955
1955_Indonesian_legislative_election
The first Indonesian legislative election resulted in an unexpectedly poor result for the Masyumi Party of incumbent prime minister Burhanuddin Harahap (pictured).
1954
Willie_Mays
Willie Mays (pictured) of the New York Giants made The Catch, one of the most famous defensive plays in the history of Major League Baseball.

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