1868 – QWERTY Typewriter Patented
The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first practical and commercial successfully typewriter, is patented. Perhaps most notable in the design of the Sholes and Glidden (which would later become the Remington No. 1 typewriter) is the use of the QWERTY keyboard, which is still the most popular keyboard layout in the world.
1912 – Computer Pioneer Alan Turing Born
Turing, a British Mathematician, logician and cryptanalyst, played key roles in the conception and theoretical underpinnings of electronic computers. As a codebreaker at Bletchley Park in the UK during World War II, Turing led the team that cracked the “unbreakable” Engima code used by the German high command for battlefield communications. This has led some observers to speculate that Turing’s work alone shortened the war by two years, saving many lives. Turing is best-known today for his work on the idea of a “universal computer,” one that could run any program. This has since become known as a “Turing Machine.” Turing died under mysterious circumstances from cyanide poisoning in 1954, though it was officially declared suicide. He was 41.
1983 – First successful test of the Domain Name System (DNS)
Paul Mockapetris and Jon Postel run the first successful test of the distributed Domain Name System (DNS). This automated process was to take over failing Arpanet and CSnet protocols because those replied on address books. DNS uses a hierarchical distributed naming system for the Internet or any private network. It associates the domain names with numerical IP addresses.
1996 – The Nintendo 64 launched in Japan becoming the first home console to rely on the analog stick as its primary control.
2005 – Reddit launched online with a submission about the Downing Street memo.
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