1939 – John Dunning Cyclotron split the
uranium atom for the first time at Columbia University in New York City. And
the Manhattan Project was on.
1947 – First TV Station West
of Mississippi
KTLA, the
first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begin
operation in Hollywood, California. Bob Hope emceed the inaugural broadcast. A
total of 322 televisions are in the Los Angeles viewing area.
1968 – Apollo 5 lifted off carrying the
first Lunar module into space.
1984 – Apple Computer Launches
the Macintosh
Apple
Computer launches the Macintosh, the first successful mouse driven computer
with a graphic user interface, with a single $1.5 million commercial during the
Super Bowl. Apple’s commercial played on the theme of George Orwell’s 1984 and
featured the destruction of Big Brother – a veiled reference to IBM – with the
power of personal computing found in a Macintosh.
1998 – Microsoft and US
Department of Justice
Microsoft
reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice regarding Internet
Explorer on Windows 95. In the agreement, computer manufacturers could have the
IE link removed. This was a small step in the antitrust suit against Microsoft
and using bundled software and drive out competition.
The Microsoft antitrust trial would begin on May 18, 1998
and go until November 5, 1999.
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