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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. The First Internet…
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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. First Lunar Orbiter Launched is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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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. First Lunar Orbiter Launched is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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The First E-mail From Space
August 9, 1991 Astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-43, use an Apple Macintosh Portable computer to send what is considered the first e-mail from space. Using the AppleLink online service, Atlantis astronauts Shannon Lucid and James C. Adamson sent the following message: Hello Earth! Greetings from the STS-43 Crew. This is the first AppleLink…
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First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Completed
August 5, 1858 After four failed attempts, American merchant Cyrus West Field succeeds in completing the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable. Completed approximately two months after construction began, the cable is only operational for just over a month. However, this cable proved the feasibility of transatlantic communications and Cyrus West Field raised new funds to complete the first permanent…
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First San Francisco Cable Car
August 2, 1873 The Clay Street Railroad begins operation, making it the first cable car in San Francisco’s now famous cable car system. First San Francisco Cable Car is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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First Man to Drive on the Moon
July 31, 1971 Using the battery-powered Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), Astronaut David Scott of the Apollo 15 mission becomes the first person to drive a vehicle on the Moon. The LRV was used during the last three missions to the Moon, Apollo 15, 16, and 17. The three LRVs used during the missions still remain on the surface of…
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IBM’s First Desktop Computer
July 28, 1981 IBM introduces their System/23 Datamaster desktop computer, only two weeks before they introduce their IBM PC. Geared towards small business for use as a word processor and data processor, the computer was designed to be set up by end-users without the need of a computer specialist. While now a footnote in history, the…
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First Launch from Cape Canaveral
July 24, 1950 The first successful rocket launch occurs at Cape Canaveral. The rocket, Bumper 8, was a captured German V-2 modified with a US Army Corporal second stage. Cape Canaveral’s location in the southeast is an ideal site for rocket launches in the United States. By launching eastward, rockets are able to take advantage…
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First Mars Fly-By
July 14, 1965 NASA’s Mariner 4 becomes the first spacecraft to perform a successful fly-by of Mars and the first to send back photographs of another planet from deep space. The photographs are the first showing details of Mars’ surface including extensive cratering. First Mars Fly-By is original content of This Day in Tech History.…