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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. Previous post: Mir Falls From the Sky This Day in Tech History…
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Mir Falls From the Sky
March 23, 2001 The Russian space station Mir burns up in the Earth’s atmosphere after fifteen years in orbit. The debris that isn’t burned up falls safely into the Pacific ocean between Chile and New Zealand, in a region from which governments had routed planes and ships away. The station, which was launched in 1986,…
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Frickin’ Laser Beams Patented
March 22, 1960 The first patent on a laser is issued to Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes, who assign it to Bell Telephone Laboratories. Still, no one has figured out how to attach these “lasers” to the heads of sharks. Throw me a frickin’ bone here! Previous post: The World’s First Tweet This Day…
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The World’s First Tweet
March 21, 2006 Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey sends the world’s first (non-automated) tweet: inviting co-workers A note to future entrepreneurs: when doing the “first” of anything, it may be for posterity so try to be interesting. Kthnx. Previous post: Yahoo Acquires Flickr This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Yahoo Acquires Flickr
March 20, 2005 Yahoo acquires the company Ludicorp along with its popular photo-sharing site Flickr. It is reported that Flickr currently hosts more than 5 billion photos. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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IBM.com and sun.com Registered
March 19, 1986 The domains ibm.com and sun.com come online. These domains are considered the 11th and 12th oldest domains in history. Previous post: Arcade Game of Many Firsts This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Apple Sues Microsoft for Copyright Infringement
March 17, 1988 Apple Computer famously sues Microsoft Corporation for copyright infringement in its Windows operating system. Apple eventually lost the lawsuit in 1995. Previous post: The First Wiki This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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The First Wiki
March 16, 1995 The worlds first Wiki, WikiWikiWeb was created as Ward Cunningham invites people to add and edit content. A Wiki is a database that can be a community collaboration. Cunningham has said the inspiration for the name Wiki came from the Wiki Wiki Shuttle bus he learned of during a trip to Hawaii. Six years…
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First Internet Domain Registered
March 15, 1985 The first Internet domain symbolics.com is registered by Symbolics, a Massachusetts computer company. Previous post: Bell Labs Announces TRADIC This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Microsoft Goes Public
March 13, 1986 Ten years after the company’s founding, Microsoft Corporation stock goes public at $ 21 per share. The stock, which eventually closed at $ 27.75 a share, peaked at $ 29.25 a share shortly after the opening. It is said that the rising value of Microsoft stock has made an estimated 4 billionaires and 12,000…