American inventor, photographer & author (born 1926)

Ross Lowell

Ross Kohut Lowell was an American inventor, photographer, cinematographer, lighting designer, author and entrepreneur who changed the film production industry with two inventions: a widely used quick-clamp lighting mount system, and gaffer tape. He founded Lowel-Light, a manufacturer of highly portable lighting equipment used in TV, film and stage lighting, with 20 patents filed by Lowell. Lowell was the cinematographer for the Academy Award-winning short A Year Toward Tomorrow (1966), and he won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 1980 for his compact lighting system. The same year, he was nominated for Best Short Film, Live Action for his 14-minute film Oh Brother, My Brother (1979), depicting two of his young children.

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-49 Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.
9 The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin dynasty.
69 Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor.
236 Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome.

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april 15 The cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in France is seriously damaged by a large fire.
april 18 A redacted version of the Mueller report is released to the United States Congress and the public.
april 21 Eight bombs explode at churches, hotels, and other locations in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing at least 269.
april 23 The April 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse in Myanmar kills four miners and two rescuers, with at least 50 others missing and presumed dead.

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