1935 – Krueger’s Cream Ale and Krueger’s
Finest Beer went on sale in Richmond, Virginia in cans, developed by the
American Can Company. Cans protected beer better than translucent bottles.
1948 – IBM Dedicates the SSEC
IBM
dedicates the Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator (SSEC). Later the SSEC
was put on public display near the company’s Manhattan headquarters so
passers-by could watch its operational speed. Before its decommissioning in
1952, the SSEC produced the moon-position tables used for plotting the course
of the 1969 Apollo flight to the moon.
1950 – Microwave Oven Patented
The
original microwave oven patent was issued to Percy LeBaron Spencer under the
title “Method of Treating Foodstuffs.” Five years earlier, Spencer accidentally
discovered that microwave energy could heat food when a chocolate bars in his
pocket melted while he was experimenting with a microwave tube. Microwave tubes
were originally designed for RADAR systems.
1984 – Apple Macintosh is
released
Apple
Computer, Inc. released its Macintosh computer with an unprecedented media
campaign, including a groundbreaking TV commercial shown during the 1984 Super
Bowl. Selling for about 2,500 dollars, the Mac used a Motorola 68000
microprocessor and had 128k of RAM (memory). The Macintosh’s graphical user
interface (GUI) was revolutionary and led to its rapid adoption in education,
desktop publishing and graphic design. Early sales were brisk, with 70,000
units sold in the first hundred days after its introduction.
1986 – Voyager 2 Flies By
Uranus
The
interplanetary probe Voyager 2 makes the first fly-by of the planet Uranus.
During its study of Uranus, it finds 10 previously undiscovered moons.
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