1752 – Joseph-Marie Jacquard Born
Joseph-Marie Jacquard, inventor of the Jacquard Loom, was born in France. The Jacquard loom pioneered the use of punched cards to give instructions to give instructions to machine, in this case a loom weaving rugs and linens. Herman Hollerith later latched onto the punch-card technique for his machines that calculated the US census in the early part of the 20th century. The first several decades of computers continued to utilize punch cards for programming.
1936 – A Whole New Way to Drive a Screw
Several US patents are issued for the Phillips-head screw and screwdriver to inventor Henry F. Phillips. Phillips founded the Phillips Screw Company to license his patents. One of the first customers was General Motors for its Cadillac assembly-lines. By 1940, 85% of U.S. screw manufacturers had a license for the design.
1981 – The first solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, few 163 miles from Corneille-en-Verin Airport north of Paris across the English Channel to Manston Royal Air Force Base south of London, staying aloft 5 hours and 23 minutes.
1994 – I3enc Released (a.k.a. MP3)
The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) released I3enc – otherwise known at MP3. This is also known as MPEG-3. The MP3 moniker did not get chosen until July 14, 1995 (it was bit before .mp3). MP3 is still licensed to Fraunhofer Institute – therefore, you must pay a license fee to use the popular .mp3 format. There is an open source format .ogg vorbis.
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