Murphy's Law

Factual Questions
1

So does anybody have any idea just who the Murphy was that gave his name to this law?

“I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work… I want to achieve it through not dying.”
– Woody Allen

2

http://www.hithere.com/murphy/origin.htm

3

http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/004616.html

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4

Murphy’s Law was not propounded by Murphy, but by another man of the same name.

Jeremy…

Nobody ever calls me after they’ve done something smart.