When did Edward Murphy Jr. die?
August 3, 1911
July 1, 1910
September 15, 1912
October 10, 1913
Answer
August 3, 1911, marks the passing of Edward Murphy Jr., the namesake behind Murphy's Law. This adage, which humorously states that "anything that can go wrong will go wrong," has become a cultural phenomenon. Contrary to popular belief, Murphy was not a pessimistic engineer but an aerospace engineer who coined the term in 1949 while working on a project for the U.S. Air Force.
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