1889 – Iconoscope Inventor
Vladimir Zworykin Born
Iconoscope
inventor Vladimir Zworykin was born in Russia. After emigrating to Pittsburgh,
Zworykin took a job at Westinghouse Electric Corp., where in 1923 he filed a
patent for the iconoscope, the first television transmission tube and a
technology that was to become of interest to early computer designers. With a later
invention, the kinescope, Zworykin was able to create the first all-electric
television system. Zworykin took the technology to RCA in 1929, where he continued
his work and earned the title “father of television.”
1898 – The Winton Motor Carriage Company placed a
magazine advertisement in Scientific American calling on readers to “dispense
with a horse.” It’s the earliest known automobile ad.
1971 – The Apollo 15 mission landed the first lunar
rover onto the moon.
1979 – Apple Lisa is Born
Apple
begins work on the Lisa, which would become the world’s first commercial
computer with a graphical user interface. Originally intended to sell for
$2,000 and sells for $10,000. Utilizing technology that is a head of its time,
the high cost, relative lack of software, and some hardware reliability issue
ultimately sink the success of the Lisa. However, much of the technology
introduced by the Lisa influenced the development of the Macintosh as well as
other future computer and operating system designs.
1996 – Atari, JTS Merger
Approved
In a four
minute meeting, the stockholder voted 42 million to 11 thousand in favor to the
merge Atari and JTS in 1996. Because of the decision, Sam Tramiel picks up the
severance checks, but agrees to stay in office while the company transitions.
JTS held the Atari name until March 1998 when Hasbro bought the brand for 5
million dollars.
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