1889 – First Commercial Jukebox
Congratulations to the first
commercial jukebox which was installed in San Francisco, CA. it was called the
“Nickel-in-the-Slot”, and played wax cylinder records. Within 6 months it would
earn $1,000. The work “Juke” – by the way – means ‘disorderly house’ –
therefore this is a disorderly box of music Put another nickel in – in the
Nickelodean – All I want is having you – and Music, music, music.
1963 – At 5:16 PM the BBC premiered
its new family science fiction show, Doctor Who, with its first episode, “An
Unearthly Child.”
1992 – Business Week Predicts Computer Industry “On the Skids”
With IBM projected to lose $5 billion in 1992,
Business Week describes the computer business as “an industry on the skids.”
The magazine cited layoffs at most established computer companies, such as IBM,
as well as newer firms like Sun Microsystems Inc., as evidence that the
industry was saturated. A solution, the article concluded, would be for each
business to find its proper niche.
2004 – World of Warcraft Released
Blizzard Entertainment releases
the massively multiplayer online role-playing game world of Warcraft. World of
Warcraft is currently the most popular online game in history.
2015 – Blue Origin successfully
launched its BE – 3 rocket carrying an unoccupied New Shepard space capsule to
a suborbital height of 100.5 km and landed the used rocket safely on the
ground.
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