Archive for March 24, 2024
Mac OS X is Born
March 24, 2001
Mac OS X 10.0, the first public version of Mac OS X, is released. The code name for this release was Cheetah, although Apple did not start using the code names for marketing purposes until Mac OS X 10.3, Jaguar.
Popov’s First Public Wireless Transmission
March 24, 1896
Russian physicist Aleksandr S. Popov sends the words “Heinrich Hertz” over morse code through wireless telegraphy between two buildings at St. Petersburg University. While controversy exists over who technically invented the radio (Popov or Guglielmo Marconi), Popov’s transmission may have been the first recorded wireless audio transmission in history. Popov had no interest in patenting his creations and since Marconi commercialized his own technology, Marconi is considered the father of the radio in the world outside of Russia.