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First Space Shuttle Launch
April 12, 1981 NASA launches the first Space Shuttle mission, STS-1, sending the Columbia on its maiden voyage. This mission intended to prove the feasibility of the Space Shuttles in specific, and reusable spacecraft in general. Originally set to launch on April 10th, problems delayed the launch by two days, which caused the launch to occur…
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Microsoft’s First Hardware Product
April 2, 1980 Microsoft announces its first hardware product, the Z80 SoftCard. The SoftCard is a microprocessor that plugs into the Apple II personal computer allowing it to run programs written for the CP/M operating system. CP/M was a very popular OS for early personal computers along with much of the software written for it. In…
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Twister First Movie on DVD
March 25, 1996 The movie Twister becomes the first featured film put on DVD. FYI, it sounds really good in surround sound! Previous post: Mac OS X is Born This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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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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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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NFL Adopts Instant Replay … For The First Time
March 11, 1986 The NFL adopts a limited instant replay system. This system was dropped, however, in 1992 before the current instant replay system was instated in 1999. In effect, you could say the current system is an instant replay itself! Previous post: Mr. Bell Calls Mr. Watson This Day in Tech History Tech History…
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First Cray Supercomputer Shipped
March 4, 1977 The first Cray-1 supercomputer is shipped to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. This supercomputer, which costs nineteen million dollars, will be used to design sophisticated weapons systems. The system is a cylindrical tower seven feet tall, nine feet in diameter, and weighs about 5.5 tons. The machine produced so…
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UAlbany film studies helps produce “First Lady of the Confederacy”
By Nicole Wallack Web Editor artsent.asp@gmail.com March 3, 2015 The name Jefferson Davis conjures up images of the Civil War. The president of the Confederacy invokes images of years of terrible bloody battles where brothers fought brothers and the country was torn apart. The name Varina Howell Davis on the other hand, does not elicit…
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UAlbany film studies helps produce “First Lady of the Confederacy”
By Nicole Wallack Web Editor artsent.asp@gmail.com March 3, 2015 The name Jefferson Davis conjures up images of the Civil War. The president of the Confederacy invokes images of years of terrible bloody battles where brothers fought brothers and the country was torn apart. The name Varina Howell Davis on the other hand, does not elicit…
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UAlbany film studies helps produce “First Lady of the Confederacy”
By Nicole Wallack Web Editor artsent.asp@gmail.com March 3, 2015 The name Jefferson Davis conjures up images of the Civil War. The president of the Confederacy invokes images of years of terrible bloody battles where brothers fought brothers and the country was torn apart. The name Varina Howell Davis on the other hand, does not elicit…