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December 2024

December 24 GIF Madness!
December 23 First Men to Orbit the Moon
December 22 The First Electric Christmas Tree Lights
December 21 Snow White Premieres
December 20 Apple Announces Purchase of NeXT
December 19 Altair 8800 Goes on Sale; Inspires PC Era
December 18 The Internet Goes Hollywood
December 18 Perl is Always Appropriate
December 17 Wright Brothers First Powered Flight
December 16 Canning Spam
December 15 AltaVista Launches
December 15 Netscape 1.0 Released
December 14 The First Transpacific Telegraph Cable
December 13 Relay I Launched
December 12 Apple's IPO Makes Forrest Gump Rich
December 11 Google Releases Chrome
December 10 iD Software Releases DOOM
December 9 Windows 2.0 Released
December 9 A Worm For Christmas?
December 9 Douglas Englebart Demos the "Mouse"
December 8 The Byte Shop Opens
December 7 RIAA Sues Napster
December 6 Apple Sues over QuickTime
December 5 Initial ARPANet Completed
December 4 Goner Worm Hits Internet
December 4 Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Begins
December 3 Segway Unveiled
December 2 Apple Releases QuickTime
December 1 Business.com is Big Business
December 1 AOL Goes Unlimited
December 1 Project Gutenberg Launched

November 2024

November 30 Barnes and Noble Releases Nook
November 30 IBM 7090 Delivered
November 29 Altair 8800 Featured in Popular Electronics
November 29 Atari Introduces Pong
November 28 Polaroid Instant Camera Goes on Sale
November 27 Microsoft Ships Internet Explorer 2.0
November 26 MP3 Patented in US
November 26 Microsoft Trademarked
November 25 Roxio Acquires Napster Legacy
November 24 AOL Buys Netscape
November 23 World of Warcraft Released
November 22 Toy Story Changes the Movies
November 21 The Birth of the Internet
November 20 Windows 1.0 Ships
November 19 Amazon Ignites the Kindle
November 19 Nintendo Releases Wii
November 18 Telephones Get a Push
November 17 Computer Mouse Patented
November 16 Steve Jobs Writes a Letter
November 16 Vacuum Tube Invented
November 15 The Dawn of the Microprocessor
November 14 Microsoft Introduces Zune
November 14 Intel Bugs Out
November 14 Mariner 9 Orbits Mars; First Spacecraft to Orbit Another Planet
November 13 First Underwater Telegraph Cable
November 12 Microsoft Declares Tablets Are the Future
November 12 Conception of the World Wide Web
November 11 Ethernet is Born
November 10 The Day the Music Was Reborn
November 10 Microsoft Introduces Windows
November 9 A Firefox Rises Out of the Ashes
November 8 He Put the "X" in X-Rays
November 7 Pets.com Put to Sleep
November 6 IBM Signs A Deal With The Devil
November 5 Android Introduced
November 4 Attack of the Clones
November 4 Computer First Predicts Presidential Election
November 3 First Earthling Into Orbit
November 2 Morris Worm Tunnels Through Internet
November 1 First Transistor Radio Goes on Sale

October 2024

October 31 First Crew to International Space Station
October 30 War of the Worlds Scares Pants Off Nation
October 29 First Message on the Internet
October 28 DMCA Signed into Law
October 27 First Major ARPANET Outage
October 26 Pony Express Goes Bye-Bye
October 25 Windows XP Released
October 24 Last Flight of the Concorde
October 24 First Transcontinental Telegraph Line
October 23 1000 Songs in Your Pocket
October 22 Photocopying Invented
October 21 Apple Introduces PowerBook
October 21 Edison Perfects Light Bulb
October 20 Triode Announced
October 19 VisiCalc Officially Released
October 18 NES Hits North America
October 18 The World's First "Video" Game
October 17 IMDb Launched
October 17 First Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph Service
October 16 CDC 1604 Released
October 15 Edison Electric Light Company Formed
October 14 Photographic Film Patented
October 13 Cellular Goes Live in US
October 12 Steve Jobs' NeXT Computer
October 11 NASA's First Launch
October 11 Comptometer Patented
October 10 Pac-Man Fever Begins
October 9 First Phone Call Over Outdoor Wires
October 8 Finish Him!
October 7 The First Transistor Calculator
October 7 Barcode Technology Patented
October 6 Photocopying Patented
October 5 Steve Jobs Passes Away
October 4 Sputnik Launches the Space Age
October 3 Transistor Patented
October 2 ENIAC Retired
October 1 The First CD Player

September 2024

September 30 Ethernet is Drafted
September 29 Microsoft Word 1.0 for DOS
September 28 Apple Asks Us to Think Different
September 27 Google's Fake Birthday
September 27 Richard Stallman Announces the GNU Project
September 26 Concorde Breaks Atlantic Crossing Speed Record
September 25 The First Personal Computer You Never Heard Of
September 24 CompuServe Launches MicroNET
September 23 The First Android Introduced
September 22 Computer Code Protected by Copyright
September 21 Galileo Completes Jupiter Mission
September 20 First FORTRAN Program Runs
September 19 Turn That Frown ... Sideways
September 18 NeXTSTEP OS Released
September 17 NASA Unveils Enterprise
September 16 Steve Jobs Named Interim CEO of Apple
September 16 Steve Jobs Resigns from Apple
September 15 The Last Apple II
September 14 First Man-Made Object on Moon
September 14 First Commercial Hard Drive
September 13 Osborne Declares Bankruptcy
September 12 First Test of an Integrated Circuit
September 11 International Cometary Explorer Passes Through Comet
September 11 Atari Launches Home Video Gaming
September 10 The First Internet Search Engine
September 9 The First Computer "Bug"
September 8 RIAA Sues A Twelve-Year Old
September 7 iPod Nano Introduced
September 6 "Google Satellite" GeoEye-1 Launched
September 5 Last IBM "Stretch" Computer Shut Down
September 4 Google Files for Incorporation
September 3 eBay Founded
September 2 First Search Engine
September 1 First Flyby of Saturn

August 2024

August 31 Aldus - Adobe Merger Finalized
August 30 First Building Block of the Internet
August 29 Faraday Discovers Electromagnetic Induction
August 28 Snow Leopard Released; The End of AppleTalk
August 27 World's Largest Battery Backup
August 26 First Use of Tape Recorder in Radio
August 25 The Birth of Linux
August 24 Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO
August 24 Windows 95 Released
August 24 Apple Loses to Microsoft in Court
August 23 Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar Released
August 22 It’s Dangerous To Go Alone! Take This
August 21 Mars Observer Lost
August 20 First Commercial Telegram Sent Around the World
August 19 Google's IPO
August 18 HP Incorporated
August 17 The First Music CD
August 16 The First Internet Explorer
August 15 The Original iMac Goes on Sale
August 14 Dell Laptops Catch Fire!
August 13 Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting for SNES
August 12 The IBM PC Introduced
August 12 First Communication Satellite Launched
August 11 Windows Gets Blasted
August 10 First Lunar Orbiter Launched
August 9 The First E-mail From Space
August 9 Diesel Engine Patented in US
August 8 Project Chess Gets Approval
August 7 IBM Presents Harvard the Mark I
August 6 Apple and Microsoft Call Truce
August 5 First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Completed
August 4 NASA Launches Phoenix
August 3 Apple Introduces the Newton
August 3 Radio Shack Introduces TRS-80
August 2 First San Francisco Cable Car
August 1 The Final End of the Lisa
August 1 Video Killed the Radio Star; MTV Debuts

July 2024

July 31 First Man to Drive on the Moon
July 30 Apple Lisa is Born
July 29 First Transcontinental Phone Call
July 28 IBM's First Desktop Computer
July 27 Microsoft Buys Full Rights to 86-DOS
July 26 World's First Geosynchronous Satellite
July 25 Sirius and XM Merger Approved
July 24 First Launch from Cape Canaveral
July 23 Commodore Amiga Introduced
July 23 First Ford Model A Sold
July 22 The Unholy Alliance is Born
July 21 Apple Introduces iBook Laptop
July 20 The Eagle Has Landed
July 19 Mac Cube Introduced
July 18 Intel Founded
July 17 🥳 Happy World Emoji Day! 🌎🎉📅
July 17 Apple Introduces iCal 📅
July 17 Apollo and Soyuz Dock
July 17 Brown Box Demonstrated to Magnavox VP
July 17 First Photograph of a Star
July 16 Apollo 11 Heads for the Moon
July 15 Nintendo Releases Famicom
July 14 First Mars Fly-By
July 13 Code Red Worms its Way into the Internet
July 12 Not-So Final Fantasy
July 11 Skylab Reentry
July 10 First International Communications Satellite
July 9 Gil Amelio Ousted from Apple
July 9 Donkey Kong and Mario's Birthday
July 8 Control Data Corporation Founded
July 7 A Whole New Way to Drive a Screw
July 6 AOL Settles Lawsuit on Billing Practices
July 6 Simple as 1-2-3: IBM Buys Lotus
July 5 The First 16mm Film System Introduced
July 4 Keyboards and Computers, Together at Last!
July 3 World, Meet the Internet
July 2 The First Mass-Produced Computer
July 1 Sony Walkman Makes Music Portable

June 2024

June 30 The Transition to Transistors Begins
June 29 The Phone That Changed Everything
June 28 Apple Takes Podcasting Mainstream
June 28 First Commercial Communications Satellite Activates
June 28 Laying of First Transatlantic Telephone Cable
June 27 All Hail Atari
June 26 I PC, UPC ...
June 25 Microsoft Incorporated
June 24 iPhone 4 Goes on Sale
June 23 The First Practical Typewriter Patented
June 22 Jet Mail
June 22 Greenwich Becomes Mean
June 21 SpaceShipOne - First Private Space Flight
June 21 First Stored Program Run
June 20 SEAC Machine Dedicated
June 19 Viking 1 Enters Mars Orbit
June 18 Microsoft Introduces BASIC for 8086
June 17 DES Cracked
June 17 First Two Video Games Copyrighted
June 16 Ford Motor Company Incorporated
June 15 Gates Announces Transition from Microsoft
June 15 IBM is Incorporated as CTR
June 14 Charles Babbage Unveils Difference Engine
June 13 First Man-Made Object to Leave Solar System
June 12 Launch of Venera 4
June 11 Speak & Spell
June 10 Crossing the Atlantic With Cable
June 9 Life Finds a Way
June 8 Apple Announces Snow Leopard
June 8 One Processor to Rule Them All
June 7 The Breakup of Microsoft ... That Never Happened
June 7 Really Geeky Modem Technology Patented
June 6 Palm Pre Released
June 6 The Mac Gets Intel Inside
June 6 Tetris is Born
June 5 The Apple II Enters the Market
June 4 VHS Introduced to America
June 3 Would You Like to Play a Game?
June 2 US Soft Lands on Moon
June 1 The Day the Music Industry Changed Forever

May 2024

May 31 All Your Base Are Belong To Us
May 30 First Automobile Accident
May 29 Discovery Docks with International Space Station
May 29 Apple Newton Announced
May 28 GIF is Not Peanut Butter
May 28 First Modern Color Movie
May 27 Windows Hits Version 2.1
May 26 Bill Gates' Internet Tidal Wave
May 25 Return of the Jedi
May 25 A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away ...
May 24 First Night Baseball Game
May 24 First Telegraph Service Launched
May 23 The Old World Gets Connected
May 22 Happy Birthday, Pac-Man!
May 22 The Wright Patent
May 21 The Empire Strikes Back
May 21 IBM Announces the "Defense Calculator", Model 701
May 20 First Female to Fly Solo Across Atlantic
May 20 First Solo Flight Across the Atlantic
May 19 Apple Cube Store Opens in NYC
May 19 Apple Debuts Retail Stores
May 19 Apple III Introduced
May 18 Antitrust Suit Filed Against Microsoft
May 18 Launch of Apollo 10
May 17 Contract Signed to Create ENIAC
May 17 First Sports TV Broadcast
May 16 First Laser Created
May 16 First Demonstration of Hi-Fi Tape Technology in US
May 15 Apple Retail Stores Revealed
May 14 Skylab Launched
May 13 System 7 Released
May 13 Money For Nothing?
May 13 Into the Ether(net)
May 12 The Z3
May 11 Deep Blue Defeats Kasparov in Tournament Match
May 11 VisiCalc Demoed at West Coast Computer Faire
May 10 The Birth of Wireless
May 9 Linux Gets Happy Feet
May 8 Germans Can Be So Dry
May 7 IBM 704 Introduced
May 6 "i" is for Apple
May 5 Wolfenstein 3D Blasts Onto Scene
May 5 First American in Space
May 4 Love Stinks
May 4 Commodore Assets Purchased out of Bankruptcy
May 3 Dell Founded
May 3 The First Mass Unsolicited Commercial E-mail, i.e. Spam
May 2 Microsoft Registers Their Domain Name ... Finally
May 2 Microsoft Acts Mousey
May 1 GPS Gets Less Selective

April 2024

April 30 World Wide Web Made Public Domain
April 29 Sprechen Sie Sassy?
April 28 iTunes Music Store Launched; Record Execs Wet Themselves
April 27 Justice Department Blocks Microsoft Purchase of Intuit
April 27 Commercial Computer Mouse Introduced
April 26 Buried E.T. Cartridges Discovered by Archeologists
April 26 Chernobyl Virus Melts Down PCs
April 25 Do You Yahoo?
April 25 Hubble Deployed
April 24 A Crazy Day for Apple
April 23 First YouTube Video
April 22 Mosaic 1.0
April 21 IBM Licenses PC Patents
April 20 Windows 98 is Plug and ... Whoa?
April 20 Demonstration of First Practical Electron Microscope
April 19 Moore's Law Published
April 19 Zoom Lenses Come to TV
April 18 First Megabit Chip in Commercial Product
April 18 Osborne Executive Introduced
April 17 Surveyor 3 Launched
April 16 Apple and Commodore
April 15 Marcel Brown Technology Services Born
April 15 PC Industry Born
April 15 GE Founded
April 14 Columbia Lands
April 14 The Titanic Could Have Been Worse
April 13 Metallica Loses Their Cool
April 13 Houston, We've Had a Problem
April 12 First Space Shuttle Launch
April 12 Who in the World is Ronald Wayne?
April 12 First Man in Space
April 11 Sculley Forces Out Jobs
April 11 The First Vertical Jet Flies
April 10 ENIAC Project Started
April 9 The Mercury Seven
April 8 John Sculley Joins Apple
April 8 Genesis of COBOL
April 7 RFC 1 Defines the Building Block of Internet Communication
April 7 IBM System 360 Changes the Industry Forever
April 6 Windows 3.1 Released
April 6 Pioneer 11 Launched
April 6 First Commercial Communications Satellite Launched
April 5 Could it be ... SATAN?
April 5 Stupid Human Tricks in Surround Sound!
April 4 Netscape Born
April 4 Microsoft Formed
April 3 The First Cell Phone Call
April 3 First Spacecraft to Orbit Moon
April 2 Microsoft's First Hardware Product
April 2 First Computerized Legal Search Service
April 1 Gmail Launched
April 1 A is for Apple
April 1 Internal Combustion Engine Patented

March 2024

March 31 Free ... Your ... Mind
March 31 Microsoft Bob is Spawned
March 31 First Electrically Lighted City
March 30 UNIVAC Unveiled
March 30 Invention of the Phototransistor
March 29 TRS-80 Model 100 Introduced
March 29 First Flyby of Mercury
March 28 Kodak Releases DC40
March 28 First Gyroscope Controlled Rocket Launch
March 27 20-Year Old Bill Gates Gives Address
March 27 First Long Distance Phone Call
March 26 Bill Gates Announces First Tablet PCs
March 26 Melissa Unleashes
March 26 First Personal Computer Convention
March 25 Twister First Movie on DVD
March 25 Space Shuttle Columbia Delivered
March 24 Mac OS X is Born
March 24 Popov's First Public Wireless Transmission
March 23 Mir Falls From the Sky
March 23 The First Commercial Elevator
March 22 First Pentiums Shipped
March 22 Frickin' Laser Beams Patented
March 21 The World's First Tweet
March 21 Launch of Ranger 9
March 20 Yahoo Acquires Flickr
March 20 The First Battery
March 19 IBM.com and sun.com Registered
March 19 Sydney Harbor Bridge Opens
March 18 Arcade Game of Many Firsts
March 18 The First Practical Electric Razor
March 17 Apple Sues Microsoft for Copyright Infringement
March 17 Vanguard 1 Launched
March 16 Mac OS X Server 1.0 Released
March 16 The First Wiki
March 16 First Liquid-Fueled Rocket Launched
March 15 First Internet Domain Registered
March 15 First Newsletter of the Homebrew Computer Club
March 14 Bell Labs Announces TRADIC
March 14 First Use of Word "Photography"
March 13 Microsoft Goes Public
March 13 A Comet? No, that's Uranus!
March 12 Hulu is Unleashed
March 12 First Proposal for a World Wide Web
March 11 NFL Adopts Instant Replay … For The First Time
March 11 Paper is Shown To Emperor of China, Paper Industry is Launched
March 10 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Reaches Red Planet
March 10 Dot-Com Bubble Peaks Out
March 10 Mr. Bell Calls Mr. Watson
March 9 I Invented the Internet
March 9 Apple, IBM, Motorola form PowerOpen Association
March 8 IBM Introduces PC-XT
March 8 Compact Disc Introduced
March 8 The First Computer Operating System
March 7 First Transatlantic Telephone Call
March 7 Bell Receives Patent for Telephone
March 6 NASA Launches Kepler
March 6 SCO Sues IBM; Threatens Linux Users
March 6 Michelangelo Strikes
March 5 Yahoo! Officially Launches
March 5 Sinclair ZX81 Launched
March 5 Homebrew Computer Club Holds First Meeting
March 4 The World's First Internet Election
March 4 Japan Goes Crazy for Playstation 2!
March 4 First Cray Supercomputer Shipped
March 3 Michael Dell Steps Down as CEO
March 3 Magnavox Licenses Home Video Games
March 2 Gates Admits Netscape Lockout
March 2 Pioneer 10 Launched
March 2 Concorde Makes Maiden Flight
March 1 Netscape Discontinued
March 1 On The First Day ...
March 1 First Spacecraft to Land On Another Planet

February 2024

February 29 Apple Passes $500 Billion Valuation
February 29 Tokyo Skytree Completed
February 28 Disney CEO Claims Apple Encourages Theft
February 28 First Color TVs Go on Sale
February 28 AT&T Incorporated
February 27 CompUSA Restructures
February 27 V.92 Introduced
February 27 Apple Discontinues the Newton
February 26 The First Web Browser Introduced
February 26 First Saturn 1B Rocket Launch
February 26 RADAR Demonstrated for First Time
February 25 Apple Sells 10 Billionth Song
February 25 First Check Photographing Device Patented
February 25 Electric Motor Patented
February 24 Final Mission of Space Shuttle Discovery
February 24 First Phone and TV Satellite Relays
February 24 "First" US Rocket to Reach Outer Space
February 23 First Mobile Phone Virus
February 23 Radio Gets Controlled
February 23 Holy Type!
February 22 First Internet Only Bank
February 22 Dolly Unveiled
February 22 First Presidential Radio Address
February 21 First Telephone Book Published
February 21 First Burglar Alarm Installed
February 21 Edison Patents Light Switch, Sort Of
February 20 Space Station Mir is Launched
February 20 John Glen Becomes First American to Orbit Earth
February 19 HD DVD Surrenders
February 19 In the Beginning Apple.com Was Created
February 19 First Warrant to Search Computer Data
February 18 First Flight of Space Shuttle - Just Not Into Space
February 18 First Cable TV Test
February 18 First Airmail Delivery
February 17 Windows 2000 Introduced
February 17 QuickTake 100 Launched
February 17 First Weather Satellite Launched
February 16 IBM Portable PC Introduced
February 16 The First BBS Goes Live
February 16 911 Begins Service
February 15 Windows Refund Day
February 15 They Put the "You" in "Tube"
February 15 Hacker Mitnick Arrested
February 15 ENIAC Dedicated
February 14 First Modern GPS Satellite Launches
February 14 The First Electronic Computer Unveiled
February 14 The Birth of IBM
February 14 Telephone Patented By Two Men
February 13 1234567890 Day!
February 13 Apollo Computer Incorporated
February 13 Motion Picture Projector Patented
February 12 Spacecraft Lands on an Asteroid
February 12 She Was Also Famous for Tennis
February 12 First Long Distance Telephone Call Made
February 11 First Use of the Word "Podcast"
February 11 Discovery Launches to Service Hubble
February 11 Titan-Centaur Fails First Test, Yet Mission Successful
February 11 Osumi!
February 10 Satellites Collide!
February 10 A Computer Defeats a World Chess Champion
February 10 Galileo Flies by Venus
February 9 Introduction of the Bandai Pippin
February 9 First Flight of Boeing 747
February 9 First Flight of Boeing 727
February 8 Google Maps is Unleashed
February 8 24 Hours in Cyberspace
February 8 A Patent is Filed for the Harvard Mark I
February 7 Kasparov Redeems Himself ... Sort Of
February 7 First Untethered Space Walk
February 7 DAF 600 Unveiled
February 6 V.90 Announced
February 6 The Woz Leaves Apple
February 6 First Golf Ball Hit on Moon
February 5 First Victoria's Secret Webcast
February 5 Apollo 14 Lands on Moon
February 5 First Automatic Don't Walk Sign
February 4 Facebook is Born
February 4 The Sims Released
February 4 Apple Acquires NeXT; Steve Jobs Returns to Apple
February 3 First Woman to Pilot the Space Shuttle
February 3 Genesis of "Vaporware"
February 3 First Soft Landing on Moon
February 2 Amelio Becomes Apple CEO
February 2 TRS-80 Born
February 2 First Polygraph Used
February 1 Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
February 1 286 Processor Introduced
February 1 First Working Prototype of Rotary Engine
February 1 First Movie Studio Completed

January 2024

January 31 SBC Buys AT&T; The Learner Becomes the Master
January 31 First Ape into Space
January 31 The First American Satellite Launches Into Orbit
January 30 Windows Vista Released; Users Exodus
January 30 First Super Bowl in HD
January 30 First Computer Virus Written
January 29 Phobos II Orbits Mars
January 29 Tetris Sneaks Into the US
January 29 Karl Benz Patents Gas Automobile
January 28 Radio Shack Chooses Compaq
January 28 Yahoo! Buys GeoCities
January 28 Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
January 27 iPad Introduced
January 27 Jim Clark Leaves Silicon Graphics
January 27 Apollo 1 Tragedy
January 27 Edison Patents Incandescent Lamp
January 26 Compaq Purchases DEC
January 26 Lotus 1-2-3 Goes on Sale
January 26 Ranger 3 Launched
January 25 Opportunity Lands on Mars
January 25 First Transcontinental Phone Service
January 25 First Transcontinental Jet Flight
January 24 First Fly-By of Uranus
January 24 Macintosh Launched
January 24 Microwave Oven Patented
January 23 Last Contact with Pioneer 10
January 23 Java Released; Coffee Drinkers Confused
January 23 First Bridge Over the Mississippi River
January 22 1984 Commercial Introduces the Macintosh
January 22 First Lunar Module Test Launch
January 22 First TV Station West of Mississippi
January 21 Twitter.com is Born
January 21 It Could Go at Least 88 MPH
January 21 Concorde Begins Commercial Flights
January 20 The Happy99 Worm Appears
January 20 Don't Call a Lemming a Lemming
January 20 The Super Fight
January 19 BlackBerry Introduced
January 19 IBM Loses $5 Billion
January 19 Apple Lisa Introduced
January 19 Neon Lighting Tube Patented
January 18 The Superjumbo is Unveiled
January 18 Yahoo.com Registered
January 18 First Plane Landing on a Ship
January 17 Drudge Report Legitimizes Internet Reporting
January 17 Computer is Used in the Discovery of New Planets
January 17 Supreme Court Rules on Home VCR Recordings
January 16 Space Shuttle Columbia Launches for Final Time
January 16 Soyuz 4 & 5 Make History
January 15 Wikipedia Goes Online; Bookshelves Clear Up
January 15 NCSA Opens
January 15 IETF Meets For the First Time
January 15 The Birth of Video Games
January 14 Steve Jobs Goes on Hiatus
January 14 Probe Lands on Titan
January 14 First Car Built on Assembly Line
January 13 Bill Gates Steps Aside
January 13 Friday the 13th Virus Gets Brits
January 13 First Public Radio Performance
January 13 Adding Machine Patented
January 12 Apple Posts Major Loss
January 12 Boeing 747 Flies for First Time
January 12 911 is Born
January 11 iPod Shuffle Introduced
January 11 Telstar 401 Satellite Fails Mysteriously
January 11 Three Spacecraft Dock Together For First Time
January 11 First Solo Flight From Hawaii to California
January 10 Apple Ships Intel Inside
January 10 Moon Rocket Announced
January 10 First RADAR Contact With Moon
January 10 Maiden Flight of First Flying Boat
January 10 First Subway Opens in London
January 9 Bitcoin Launched
January 9 Apple - Not Just For Computers Anymore
January 9 Apple Introduces iPhone
January 9 Apple Introduces iTunes
January 9 "First" Motion Picture Film to Receive Copyright
January 8 Record Stay in Space Begins
January 8 AT&T Settles; Agrees to Breakup
January 8 Luna 21 Launches
January 8 Punched Card Calculator Patented
January 7 The Last Surveyor Launches
January 7 First Day of Transatlantic Phone Service
January 6 iPod Mini Introduced
January 6 Mac OS X Introduced
January 6 First 1 MB Memory Chip
January 6 Morse Demonstrates Telegraph
January 5 Nexus is the One
January 5 Richard Stallman Begins Work on GNU
January 5 Space Shuttle Given Green Light
January 5 The First Color Newsreel
January 5 Construction Begins on Golden Gate
January 4 Spirit Lands on Mars
January 4 First Handheld Scientific Calculator
January 4 Luna 1 Reaches Moon
January 4 Sputnik 1 Falls
January 4 4 Wheeled Skates Patented in US
January 3 The Genesis of Bitcoin
January 3 Mars Polar Lander Launched
January 3 Motorola StarTAC Introduced
January 3 Apple Computer Grows Up
January 3 First Electric Watch Introduced
January 2 Stardust Flies By Comet Wild 2
January 2 Software Arts Incorporated
January 2 Luna 1 Launch
January 2 First Moon Photo
January 1 Y2K Comes and Goes
January 1 Domain Name System Created; .com is Born!
January 1 The Breakup of Ma Bell
January 1 The Dawn of the Internet
January 1 The Beginning of Time?
January 1 ENIAC Completed
January 1 Hewlett and Packard Formalize Partnership
January 1 First Ball Drop in Times Square, NYC

December 2023

December 31 Zune 2K Day
December 31 Y2K Looms
December 31 Microsoft Releases Windows 3.11
December 30 AT&T Takes Over Bell System
December 29 First UHF TV Station
December 28 First Public Projected Movie Screening
December 27 Jeff Bezos Named Person of the Year
December 26 Personal Computer "Man of the Year"
December 25 The World Wide Web is Finished by Christmas