Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
Born: February 22, 1857 in Hamburg, German Confederation
Death: January 1, 1894 (Age: 36)
[ul][li]German physicist who was the first to conclusively prove the existence of electromagnetic waves to transmit and receive radio pulses that ruled out all other known wireless phenomena.[/li][li]The scientific unit of frequency — cycles per second — was named the "hertz" in his honor.[/li][li]His discoveries would eventually lead to the inventions of the wireless telegraph, radio and television[/li][/ul]
Thomas Eugene Kurtz
Born: February 22, 1928
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American computer scientist who co-developed the BASIC programming language during 1963 to 1964, together with John G. Kemeny.
Edmund Callis Berkeley
Born: February 22, 1909
Death: March 7, 1988 (Age: 79)
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[ul][li]American computer scientist who co-founded the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in 1947.[/li][li]Observed and helped build the Mark I and Mark II computers[/li][/ul]
