1914 – FTC Established
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
is formed to regulate business in the US. President Wilson issued this to
“Trust bust”. The FTC is controlled by 5 member panel that serve in 7 year
terms. They govern all fair trade practice. Companies like Microsoft and IBM
have been under the microscope with the FTC and the FCC.
1924 – IC Pioneer Jean Hoerni Born
Jean Hoerni, a pioneer of the
transistor, is born in Switzerland. A physicist, Hoerni in 1959 invented the
planer process, which, combined with Robert Noyce’s technique for placing a
layer of silicon dioxide on a transistor, led to the creation of the modern
integrated circuit. Hoerni’s planar process allowed the
placement of complex electronic circuits on a single chip.
1960 – For the first time, a US
presidential debate was televised. Vice President Nixon and Senator Kennedy
debated in Chicago and were perceived differently by those who listened on
radio versus those who watched on television.
1973 – Concorde Breaks Atlantic Crossing Speed Record
The supersonic aircraft Concorde
makes its first non-stop Atlantic crossing and sets a new speed record in the
process. Flying from Washington D.C. to Paris, France in 3 hours 32 minutes at
an average speed of 954 miles-per-hour, the Concorde cut the old speed record
in half.
1983 – 17-year-old Neal Patrick, of
the hacking group 414s testified before the US House of Representatives about
computer break-ins and how they might be stopped.
1991
– Eight people
entered Biosphere 2, an airtight replica of the Earth’s biosphere in Oracle
Arizona. They left exactly two years later in 1993. Results of the experiment
are still controversial.
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