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First Building Block of the Internet
August 30, 1969 The first Interface Message Processor (IMP) is delivered to Leonard Kleinrock’s research group at UCLA. The IMP was the device that would interconnect networks between research facilities on the developing ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet. As a packet-switching device, the IMP can be considered the first generation of what we now…
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First Use of Tape Recorder in Radio
August 26, 1938 Radio station WQXR in New York City broadcasts a program using a tape recorder for the first time. The tape recorder used was the Phillips-Miller recording system, also known as Millertape, invented by James Arthur Miller. Previous post: The Birth of Linux This Day in Tech History
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First Commercial Telegram Sent Around the World
August 20, 1911 The New York Times sends a telegram message to test how fast a commercial message could be sent around the world. Reading simply, “This message sent around the world”, it left at 7 PM, traveled over 28,000 miles and was relayed by 16 different operators. It arrived back at The Times only 16.5…
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The First Music CD
August 17, 1982 “The Visitors” by ABBA becomes the world’s first commercial music compact disc (CD) manufactured, pressed in Langenhagen, Germany by Polygram Records, a subsidiary of Royal Phillips Electronics. Phillips and Sony co-developed the CD standard, which was designed to be the successor to the phonograph record. By the time the CD went on…
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The First Internet Explorer
August 16, 1995 Microsoft introduces Internet Explorer, which at the time was a modified version of Spyglass Mosaic, which Microsoft had licensed. Later when Microsoft began including Internet Explorer for free with Windows, Spyglass sued Microsoft for not paying what they felt were the proper royalties. Microsoft settled for $ 8 million. This Day in…
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Volleyball Tabbed First in America East Preseason Poll
Volleyball Tabbed First in America East Preseason Poll CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – The University at Albany volleyball team was picked to finish first in the America East by the league’s coaches when the conference released its preseason poll on Thursday. The Great Danes have taken the regular season championship in each of the last five seasons…
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Defense Looks Strong In First Scrimmage
Defense Looks Strong In First Scrimmage ALBANY, N.Y. – Under blue skies Saturday morning, the University at Albany football team took to the gridiron for the first intrasquad scrimmage of the 2013 season. With the offense in gold and the defense donning purple, the Great Danes set the baseline for the season. Immediately following…
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Defense Looks Strong In First Scrimmage
Defense Looks Strong In First Scrimmage ALBANY, N.Y. – Under blue skies Saturday morning, the University at Albany football team took to the gridiron for the first intrasquad scrimmage of the 2013 season. With the offense in gold and the defense donning purple, the Great Danes set the baseline for the season. Immediately following…
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First Lunar Orbiter Launched
August 10, 1966 The first lunar orbiter, creatively named Lunar Orbiter I, is launched. Its primary mission is to photograph potential landing sites for future Apollo missions. Previous post: The First E-mail From Space This Day in Tech History
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First Lunar Orbiter Launched
August 10, 1966 The first lunar orbiter, creatively named Lunar Orbiter I, is launched. Its primary mission is to photograph potential landing sites for future Apollo missions. Previous post: The First E-mail From Space This Day in Tech History