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Showing posts with label bibliophiles. Show all posts

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Thursday, January 30, 1975. Rubik's Cube.



Professor Ernő Rubik applied at the Hungarian patent office for a patent on his cube.

One of the interesting things here is that a person living in a communist country, or at least Hungary, could get a patent.

He is still with us, and is a bibliophile and collector of plants.

The deadline for draft dodgers to apply for amnesty for evading service in the Vietnam War was extended from January 31 to March 1.

Amnesty required a year of volunteer service, which most weren't up for, so not all that many had applied for amnesty.

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Wednesday, January 29, 1975. American terrorism of the 1970s.