* 1889 – Thomas Midgley, Jr., American engineer and chemist ( d. 1944 )

* May 18 – Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and inventor ( d. 1944 )

CFCs were invented by Thomas Midgley, Jr. in the 1920s.

* Carmen J. Giunta " Thomas Midgley, Jr., and the invention of Chlorofluorocarbon Refrigerants ," Bull.

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* Thomas Midgley, Jr., inventor of lead for gasoline and chlorofluorocarbons

In his effort to ensure that lead was removed from gasoline ( petroleum ), Patterson fought against the lobbying power of the Ethyl Corporation ( which employed Kehoe ), against the legacy of Thomas Midgley — which included tetra-ethyl lead and chlorofluorocarbons ) — and against the lead additive industry as a whole.

* Thomas Midgley, Jr. & Leaded Gasoline

* Thomas Midgley, Jr. & Freon

* Thomas Midgley discovers the effective anti-knocking properties of Tetra-ethyl lead, which is used in " leaded " gasoline ( petrol ).

Thomas Midgley ( who held a PhD and was the inventor of tetraethyl lead and halogenated hydrocarbon refrigerants ) said of trial and error, " the trick is to turn a wild goose chase into a fox hunt " ( quoted in Hughes 2004 ).

GM researcher Thomas Midgley still maintains: “ The most direct route which we now know for converting energy from its source, the sun, into a material that is suitable for use in an internal combustion motor is through vegetation to alcohol … It now appears that alcohol is the only liquid from a direct vegetable source that combines relative cheapness with suitability ( although other sources might be found )… Alcohol will stand very high initial compressions without knocking, and at high compressions is smooth and highly satisfactory .”.

Thomas Midgley ( born 1860, date of death unknown ) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward.

* 1959 – W. Thomas Smith, Jr, American author and columnist

* 1944 – Thomas J. Murphy, Jr., American politician

The Birth of a Nation ( originally called The Clansman ) is a 1915 silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and based on the novel and play The Clansman, both by Thomas Dixon, Jr. Griffith co-wrote the screenplay ( with Frank E. Woods ), and co-produced the film ( with Harry Aitken ).

* Thomas J. Murphy, Jr. ( 1973 ) – Three-term mayor of Pittsburgh, PA, 1994 – 2006

* James Stewart as Thomas Jefferson " Tom " Destry, Jr., the new deputy

* 1947 – Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files patent for CRT Amusement device

* 1746 – Thomas Heyward, Jr., American statesman, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence ( d. 1809 )

Grammer was born in Saint Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands, the son of Sally ( née Cranmer ), a singer, and Frank Allen Grammer, Jr., a musician and owner of a coffee shop and a bar & grill called Greer's Place.

The original handwritten proclamation signed by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison, that informed the American public of the landmark deal of the Louisiana Purchase, was acquired in 1996 by Walter Scott Jr. of Omaha, Nebraska, who holds it in his private collection.

Despite this uncertainty, fourteen individuals have been identified as having verifiably attended Lunar Society meetings regularly over a long period during its most productive eras: these are Matthew Boulton, Erasmus Darwin, Thomas Day, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Samuel Galton, Jr., James Keir, Joseph Priestley, William Small, Jonathan Stokes, James Watt, Josiah Wedgwood, John Whitehurst and William Withering.

Mitchell read the books of Thomas Dixon, Jr., and in 1916, when the silent film, The Birth of a Nation, was showing in Atlanta, she dramatized Dixon's The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire ( 1907 ).

Jefferson's son-in-law, Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. was a lineal descendant of Pocahontas.

* His niece Lucy Grymes married Virginia Governor Thomas Nelson Jr.

The Cowboys ' defense was anchored by such Pro Bowlers as lineman Russell Maryland, linebacker Ken Norton Jr., along with defensive backs Thomas Everett and Kevin Smith, who picked off 6 passes during the season.

The chief architect of the S / 360 was Gene Amdahl, and the project was managed by Fred Brooks, responsible to Chairman Thomas J. Watson Jr.

* Thomas Alva Edison, Jr. ( 1876 – 1935 ), nicknamed " Dash "

Thomas Edward Burnett, Jr. ( May 29, 1963 – September 11, 2001 ) was the vice-president and chief operating officer of Thoratec Corporation, a medical devices company based in Pleasanton, California.

A post office in his hometown of Bloomington, Minnesota was renamed the Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. Post Office and his former middle school, Oak Grove Middle School in Bloomington, encourages eighth-grade students to participate in an annual Tom Burnett Day of Service.

The California State Assembly renamed the Fostoria Way overcrossing over Interstate 680 in San Ramon the Thomas E. Burnett Jr. Memorial Bridge in his honor.

Governor Thomas McKean and his son, Thomas McKean, Jr. ( Charles Willson Peale, 1787 )

* The Great Tribulation: Past or Future by Thomas Ice and Kenneth L. Gentry Jr. ( Kregel Publications, 1999 ) ISBN 0-8254-2901-3

* Four Views on the Book of Revelation by Kenneth L. Gentry Jr., Sam Hamstra Jr., C. Marvin Pate and Robert L. Thomas ( Zondervan, 1998 ) ISBN 0-310-21080-1