1922 – Scientists at the Naval Aircraft Radio
Laboratory near Washington, DC, demonstrated radar by showing that if a ship
passed through a radio wave broadcast between two stations, that ship could be
detected.
1983 – Richard Stallman
Announces the GNU Project
Promising a
“Free Unix”, Richard Stallman announces that he is going to write a complete
Unix-compatible software system he calls GNU (which stands for Gnu’s Not Unix).
This is a significant milestone in the history of open source and free
software. Stallman would later found the Free Software Foundation.
1996 – Hacker Mitnick
Indicated on Charge
Kevin
Mitnick, 33, was indicated on charge resulting from a 2 ½- year hacking spree.
Police accused the hacker, who called himself “Condor,” of stealing software
worth millions of dollars from major computer corporations. The maximum
possible sentence for his crimes was 200 years.
1998 – Google’s Fake Birthday
For some
peculiar reason, Google has at times chosen the date of September 27th
as their birthday, even though it is more officially September 4th
or 7th. Google has no explanation for celebrating their birthday on
different days over the years other than to say:
“Google opened its
doors in September 1998. The exact date when we celebrate out birthday has
moved around over the years, depending on when people feel like having cake.”
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