1949 – A modified German V-2 ballistic
missile launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, reaching an
altitude of 244 miles, and putting it well above the Karman line. It was the
first US rocket to reach “outer space.”
1955 – Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs is born.
Jobs was instrumental in developing the Macintosh, the computer that took Apple
to unprecedented levels of success. After leaving the company he started with
Steve Wozniak, Jobs returned to Apple to lead the company into a new era based
on NeXT technologies and consumer electronics. Some of Jobs’ achievements in
this new era include the iMac, the iPhone, the iTunes music store, the iPod,
and the iPad. Under Jobs’ leadership Apple was at one time the world’s most valuable
company.
1962 – First Phone and TV
Satellite Relays
The first
satellite telephone and television relays are established through the communications
satellite Echo 1. The satellite was basically a big metallic balloon that
simply bounced microwaves off its surface. Simple, but effective.
1986 – First Fly-By of Uranus
Voyager 2
performs the first fly-by of the planet Uranus. Voyager 2 still is transmitting
data to this day, and a Twitter feed reports on its progress.
1997 – Walt Disney and Pixar enter into a 5
movie agreement in 10 months. They would share costs, profit and logo credits.
The two would come into issue after Toy Story2, which ultimately were resolved
in 2006 when Disney purchased Pixar.
2011 – The Space Shuttle Discovery lifted
off from Cape Canaveral on its final mission.
2014 – Samsung announced the Galaxy S5 with
a heart rate sensor and water and dust proofing.
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