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TECHDAY 28 September Supercomputers Pioneer
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Birthday of supercomputers pioneer Seymour Cray | Techday, September 28th On this TECHDAY in history, on September 28th 1925, was the birthday of the "father of supercomputers", Seymour Cray. He was an American-born electrical engineer, and a computer architect who had on his track record numerous supercomputers ...
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TECHDAY 27 September First public train ride
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Locomotion No.1 | First public train ride | Techday, September 27th On this TECHDAY in history, on September 27th 1825, Locomotion No. 1 became the first passenger-carrying steam engine to run on a public line, in the world. George Stephenson and his son, Robert, built this locomotive at the latter’s manufacturing ...
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TECHDAY 26 September New speed record!
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Concorde flight | First translatlantic journey in new speed record | Techday, September 26th On this TECHDAY in history, on September 26th 1976, a Concorde, a type of commercial supersonic aircrafts, made its first continuous transatlantic journey, setting a new speed record. It flew from Washington D.C. to Paris ...
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TECHDAY 25 September Motorola founding
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Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, later Motorola founding | Techday, September 25th On this TECHDAY in history, on September 25th 1928, two brothers, Joseph and Paul Galvin founded the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation (later renamed Motorola) in Chicago. The company began as a manufacturer of battery ...
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TECHDAY 24 September Neon Lights Inventor
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Birthday of Georges Claude | The Neon lights inventor | Techday, September 24th On this TECHDAY in history, on September 24th 1870, was the birthday of Georges Claude, the neon lights founder. He was a French inventor, mostly known for his invention and commercialization of neon tube lighting. He developed this, ...
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TECHDAY 23 September Nintendo founding
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Nintendo founding | Techday, September 23rd On this TECHDAY in history, on September 23rd 1889, a company that would one day become one of the world's most powerful video gaming companies, named Nintendo, was founded in Kyoto, Japan, by Fusagirou Yiamauchi. Until 1963, it manufactured exclusively Japanese decks of ...
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TECHDAY 22 September Protected Code
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US court rules programming code subject to copyright law | Techday, September 22nd On this TECHDAY in history, on September 22nd 1986, programmers had a remarkable legal victory. A U.S. court ruled that for computers considers to be intellectual property. They should, therefore, subject to copyright law, just like ...
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TECHDAY 21 September Galileo’s fall…
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NASA's Galileo mission | Techday, September 21st On this TECHDAY in history, on September 21st 2003, after having spent fourteen years in space, the unmanned NASA spaceprobe, named Galileo, was sent into the atmosphere of the giant planet Jupiter. It was the first object, made by man, to orbit the gassy giant. ...
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TECHDAY 20 September Apple went portable!
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Macintosh Portable launch | Techday, September 20th On this TECHDAY in history, on September 20th 1989, Apple unveiled its earliest take-along computer, none other than the Macintosh Portable. Among the many historic firsts that accompany this product, the use of a type of liquid crystal monitor, its participation ...
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