1850 – San Jose was incorporated as one of
the first cities in California and was the site of the first state capital. It
would lose the capital to Vallejo in 1852 but eventually become the center of
Silicon Valley and the de facto capital of the technology world.
1884 – The first successful long-distance
telephone conversation took place. Bell and Watson experimented with a line of
two twelve gauge hard-drawn copper wires connecting Boston and New York City.
The line worked for about ninety minutes before finally falling.
1899 – Guglielmo Marconi made the first
wireless transmission from France to England. A message was sent 32 miles from
Wimereaux near Boulogne, France, to the South Foreland lighthouse near Dover,
England. This became an important alternative to laying undersea cables for
telegraphy.
1976 – 20-Year Old Bill Gates
Gives Address
Bill
Gates gives the opening address at the First Annual World Altair Computer
Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Gates was still a student at Harvard but
along with Paul Allen helped develop the version of the BASIC language sold
with the Altair computer.
1982 – Pac-Man Fever Hits #9
Recorded
in 1981, the song Pac-Man fever was a song by (Jerry) Buckner & (Gary)
Garcia. Each song on the album was about a different video game and was
released via album, cassette, 8-track and later via CD. The song is a parody of
“Cat Scratch Fever” by Ted Nugent.
The song itself hit the Billboard Hot 100 list at #9.
Pac-Man fever earned a gold certification by the RIAA.
The duo had a mini-hit with the song “Do the Donkey Kong”. 
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