1790 - August Ferdinand Mobius was
born in Schulpforta, Saxony. The mathematician, astronomer and physicist is
most well remembered for the mobius strip, a 2-dimensional object read only one
side when embedded in 3D space. Poor Johann Benedict Listing also discovered
eat at the same time but listing strip just does not have the same ring.
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1929 - Herman Hollerith Dies
Herman Hollerith dies of a heart attack at age 69. Hollerith's experience before he was 30 -- at the US Census Bureau and US Patent Office and as instructor in mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- set the stage for inventing the successful card system for 1890 census.
After this achievement, Hollerith set up his Tabulating Machine Corporation in 1896. In 1911 it became the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corporation, which Thomas Watson Sr. joined in 1914. A decade later it became international Business Machines.
Herman Hollerith dies of a heart attack at age 69. Hollerith's experience before he was 30 -- at the US Census Bureau and US Patent Office and as instructor in mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- set the stage for inventing the successful card system for 1890 census.
After this achievement, Hollerith set up his Tabulating Machine Corporation in 1896. In 1911 it became the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corporation, which Thomas Watson Sr. joined in 1914. A decade later it became international Business Machines.
1947 - Walter Brattain dumped a
semiconductor experiment into a thermos of water and unexpectedly saw a large
amplification of electricity. Working with John Bardeen they developed it into
a new amplifier that would eventually be called the transistor.
1970 - The Soviet Union landed
Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium on the Moon. It was the first roving remote
controlled robot to land on another world.
1970 - Computer Mouse Patented
Douglas Engelbart receives US patent 3,541,541 for his "X-Y Position Indicator For a Display System", more commonly known as the computer mouse. Engelbart called his device a "mouse" because the cord looked like a tail. The mouse was first prototyped in 1964, but wasn't demoed until 1968, and was not included with a commercial computer until the Xerox 8010 Star Information System in 1981. Apple first brought the mouse to a personal computer with the Lisa in 1983. However the mouse did not become ubiquitous until after 1984, when Apple's Macintosh popularized the device.
Douglas Engelbart receives US patent 3,541,541 for his "X-Y Position Indicator For a Display System", more commonly known as the computer mouse. Engelbart called his device a "mouse" because the cord looked like a tail. The mouse was first prototyped in 1964, but wasn't demoed until 1968, and was not included with a commercial computer until the Xerox 8010 Star Information System in 1981. Apple first brought the mouse to a personal computer with the Lisa in 1983. However the mouse did not become ubiquitous until after 1984, when Apple's Macintosh popularized the device.
1971 - The Kenbak-1 desktop computer
was advertised for sale in ComputerWorld for $750 it had first been advertised
in Scientific American in September. The 8 bit computer had 256 bytes of memory
and was dubbed the world's first commercially available personal computer by a
panel of experts involving Steve Wozniak.
2008 - Jerry Yang Steps down as Yahoo! CEO
After battle upon battle between Microsoft, Google and shareholders( including Carl Icahn), Jerry Yang finally announced to all he was stepping down as CEO of Yahoo! The previous days, Steve Ballmer said they are not going forward with any future purchase of Yahoo! Because of this, stock hit its lowest share price, $8. That the failed Google affiliation (due to antitrust issue), and a very despondent group of investors, Jerry felt it step back in his roll.
After battle upon battle between Microsoft, Google and shareholders( including Carl Icahn), Jerry Yang finally announced to all he was stepping down as CEO of Yahoo! The previous days, Steve Ballmer said they are not going forward with any future purchase of Yahoo! Because of this, stock hit its lowest share price, $8. That the failed Google affiliation (due to antitrust issue), and a very despondent group of investors, Jerry felt it step back in his roll.
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