2013 Event New research on the Shroud of Turin supports that it may actually been used as Jesus Christ's burial cloth; researchers used mechanical and thermal measurements to date the shroud between 300 BC and 400 AD 1964 Death Colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 62 1955 Birthday Bill Nye, born in Washington, D.C., comedian, television host, mechanical engineer, host of children's science show, 'Bill Nye the Science Guy' 1950 Event New York Times reports of worlds smallest and dumbest mechanical brain 1926 Birthday Jack Levy, mechanical engineer 1904 Birthday Owen Saunders, mechanical engineer 1901 Birthday Colin McPhee, born in Montreal, Canada, composer, H2O, Mechanical Princibles 1880 Event American Society of Mechanical Engineers forms (New York City) 1809 Birthday Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, Mechanical reaper
