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March 19, 1997: First Consumer DVD Player Released in U.S.
Toshiba-sd-3006 1997 – Toshiba – a member of the DVD consortium – put out the first consumer DVD player on November 1, 1996 in Japan as the SD-3000. After some initial changes (and having to change the...
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March 28, 1979: Meltdown of Three Mile Island
Three Mile Island Meltdown 1979 – At 4 PM EST, the nuclear reactors in Middletown, PA (Dauphin County) experienced a partial meltdown. The incident was officially rated a 5-of-7 on the International...
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July 14, 2011: Spotify Comes to the US
July 14, 2011: Spotify comes to the US 2011 – The US waited for this Swedish music streaming service, and on this day, we got it. Founded in 2006, Spotify announced after exhaustive negotiation with...
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July 15, 2006: Twitter Launches,1928: Enigma Machine Introduced
July 15, 2006: Twitter Launches 2006 – Biz Stone, Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass and Evan Williams launch this 140 character “What are you doing” social network. The group first started production in March of...
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July 23, 1886: First Car Ever,1903: First Model A Seventeen Years Later
Gottlieb Daimler Car Back in 1886, Gottlieb Daimler gets into his new invention. It looks like a horse-drawn buggy, but it has a one cylinder 1.1 HP engine mounted in the back seat. The first car got...
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August 18, 1992: Wang Files for Bankruptcy
Wang Wang Computers had been growing, but their financial outlook didn’t seem good. In 1992, they filed for Bankruptcy protection. They eventually got out of bankruptcy, but not before they changed the...
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September 4, 2008: Apple Removed “Pull My Finger” Application
Apple 2008– A letter was published from the creator of “Pull my Finger” iPhone application from Apple. The program was simple – you pull the finger and a sound was created (You can guess the sound)....
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September 13, 1983: Osbourne Declared Bankruptcy
Osbourne 1983 – The Osbourne I was a computer introduced by Adam Osbourne in 1981. It featured a Z80 microprocessor and the computer would run at least $1800. However, the computer company did not fair...
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October 28, 1955: Bill Gates Birthday
Bill Gates 1955 – William Gates Sr. and Mary Maxwell Gates has a son. William Gates III was born in Seattle, WA. Bill Gates, of course, went on to start Microsoft. Bill was CEO of Microsoft until he...
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November 15, 1971: Intel 4004 Microprocessor
Intel 4004 processor 1971 – Intel announced the 4004 microprocessor in an ad in Electronic News Magazine. Intel called it a micro-programmable computer on a chip, this was the first single-chip...
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December 27, 2001: HotJobs Acquired by Yahoo
Yahoo acquires Hot Jobs 2001 – Yahoo announces that they will acquire 98.6 percent of the outstanding stock to HotJobs. They bought it for $10.50 / share for $436 million. They overbid Monster.com for...
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January 8, 1940: Bell Labs Complex Computer
Bell Labs Complex Computer 1940 – a full-scale relay calculator designed by Bell Labs engineer Dr. George Stibitz, becomes operational. The machine was first designed in February 1938, and construction...
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January 23, 1896: The First Public X-Rays
X-Ray 1896 – Although he was not the only person to be working on the technology and not the first X-ray, Wilhelm Roentgen gave the first public lecture and demonstration of his device. He photographed...
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January 24, 1948: IBM Dedicated Poppa in New York City
the Poppa – SSEC 1948 – At IBM world headquarters, IBM dedicated the Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator (SSEC). The machine – otherwise known as Poppa – was the first computer to combine...
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January 31, 1984: Apple Reorganizes
Apple 1984 – Apple announced they would split up the Cupertino based company into three divisions – Apple II (handling all Apple III computers as well), the Apple 32 division (Lisa, and new Macintosh...
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March 19, 1997: First Consumer DVD Player Released in U.S.
Toshiba-sd-3006 1997 – Toshiba – a member of the DVD consortium – put out the first consumer DVD player on November 1, 1996 in Japan as the SD-3000. After some initial changes (and having to change the...
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March 28, 1979: Meltdown of Three Mile Island
Three Mile Island Meltdown 1979 – At 4 PM EST, the nuclear reactors in Middletown, PA (Dauphin County) experienced a partial meltdown. The incident was officially rated a 5-of-7 on the International...
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July 14, 2011: Spotify Comes to the US
July 14, 2011: Spotify comes to the US 2011 – The US waited for this Swedish music streaming service, and on this day, we got it. Founded in 2006, Spotify announced after exhaustive negotiation with...
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July 15, 2006: Twitter Launches,1928: Enigma Machine Introduced
July 15, 2006: Twitter Launches 2006 – Biz Stone, Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass and Evan Williams launch this 140 character “What are you doing” social network. The group first started production in March of...
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July 23, 1886: First Car Ever,1903: First Model A Seventeen Years Later
Gottlieb Daimler Car Back in 1886, Gottlieb Daimler gets into his new invention. It looks like a horse-drawn buggy, but it has a one cylinder 1.1 HP engine mounted in the back seat. The first car got...
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