1857 - William Francis Channing of Boston
and Moses Gerrish Farmer, of Salem received the first US patent for an
“electromagnetic fire alarm telegraph for cities” (No. 17,355).
1961 – Venera 1 became the first manmade
object to fly by another planet, passing within 100,000 KM of Venus. The probe
did not send back any data having lost contact with Earth a month earlier.
Sixteen years after “Return of the Jedi”, George Lucas finally moves his vision forward with “Star Wars: Episode I – the Phantom Menace”. The story of young Anakin Skywalker and how Obi-Wan Kenobi brought him in, trained him, and ultimately lost him to dark side. Episode I grossed over $924.3 million worldwide and became one of the highest-grossing films of 1999. The 2nd set trilogy would continue with Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the sith. The movie was received with warm reviews. The general consensus was character development lacked while the scenes, characters, and landscapes were breathtaking.
2006 – Apple Cube Store Opens in NYC
Apple
opens their second store in New York City, a 20,000 square-foot shop at the
underground concourse of the General Motors building at 767 Fifth Avenue. Open
24-hours a day, the shop is visible at street level through a 32-foot glass
cube. Designed by Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs at a cost of $9 million, people stood
on line for hours prior to the store’s opening.
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