2012 Event For the first time, a browsable, analysable overview of four million functional elements of the human genome discovered to date, are made available to the public in the 'Encyclopedia of DNA Elements' 1992 Death Ephraim Katz, Israeli/US encyclopedist (film encyclopedia), dies 1991 Death Freek Zoetmulder, publisher (Austrian Encyclopedia)/neo-nazi, dies 1927 Birthday Robert Orben, magician, comedy writer, author, specializes in observational comedy, wrote, 'Encyclopedia of Patter', 'Speaker's Handbook of Humor', speechwriter for Vice President Gerald R. Ford, became Director, White House Speechwriting Department 1902 Birthday Mortimer J Adler, New York City, author, Encyclopedia Brittanica 1874 Birthday Ismar Elbogen, German/US rabbi, Encyclopedia Judaica 1845 Death August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48 1796 Birthday August Pauly, German classicus, Real Encyclopedia 1768 Event 1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland)
