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Maine hands WBB first conference loss
By Aaron Cheris Sports Editor sports.asp@gmail.com Feb. 3, 2015 Over the past few years, the University at Albany women’s basketball team has dominated the America East, winning the past three conference championships. Earlier this season, the Great Danes edged the University of Maine 49-43 in Bangor, M.E. on Jan. 3. In the…
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Maine hands WBB first conference loss
By Aaron Cheris Sports Editor sports.asp@gmail.com Feb. 3, 2015 Over the past few years, the University at Albany women’s basketball team has dominated the America East, winning the past three conference championships. Earlier this season, the Great Danes edged the University of Maine 49-43 in Bangor, M.E. on Jan. 3. In the…
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Maine hands WBB first conference loss
By Aaron Cheris Sports Editor sports.asp@gmail.com Feb. 3, 2015 Over the past few years, the University at Albany women’s basketball team has dominated the America East, winning the past three conference championships. Earlier this season, the Great Danes edged the University of Maine 49-43 in Bangor, M.E. on Jan. 3. In the…
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First Woman to Pilot the Space Shuttle
February 3, 1995 Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Previous post: Genesis of “Vaporware” This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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First Day of Transatlantic Phone Service
January 7, 1927 The first commercial transatlantic phone service was made available to the public. It used radio signals rather than the undersea cable or satellite technology of today. 31 calls were made between New York and London that day. Previous post: Mac OS X Introduced Next post: The Last Surveyor Launches This Day in Tech…
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First Handheld Scientific Calculator
January 4, 1972 Hewlett-Packard introduces the first handheld scientific calculator, the HP-35. The precision of the calculator was greater than most mainframe computers of its time. For such a technological achievement, the name of the calculator is simply derived from the fact that it has 35 buttons. I wonder if they had to use the…
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First UHF TV Station
December 29, 1949 Station KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule. How many of you are wondering what UHF TV is? Raise your hands … don’t be shy! Set up as a working experiment by RCA and NBC, the station was used to test…
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First Public Projected Movie Screening
December 28, 1895 The world’s first projected movie screening takes place at the Salon Indien at the Grand Café in Paris, France. The makeshift theater uses the Cinématographe created by the Lumière Brothers, one of the earliest motion picture projectors in history. Thirty-three people attend at the admission price of one franc each to view 10 films at about 50 seconds each.…
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First Men to Orbit the Moon
The view of Earth rising over the lunar surface from Apollo 8 December 23, 1968 Astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, and William Anders become the first men to orbit the Moon. Flying in Apollo 8, the men perform 10 total lunar orbits and test many of the procedures that will be used in future lunar…
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The First Electric Christmas Tree Lights
December 22, 1882 Edward Johnson, an associate of Thomas Edison, has walnut-sized bulbs made specifically for him to wire his Christmas Tree with electric light. The 80 red, white, and blue bulbs formed the first set of electric Christmas Tree lights in history. Prior to this, people would traditionally decorate their trees with wax candles.…