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TECHDAY 1 June Thomas Edison first patent
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Thomas Edison first patent | Techday, June 1st One of America's most famous inventors, Thomas Edison, got his first patent on this TECHDAY in history, on June 1st 1869. The device was called the "electrographic vote recorder". It would record a legislator's opinion of yes or no. He executed his application on 13 ...
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TECHDAY 31 May Birthday of BASIC co-founder
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Birthday of BASIC co-founder | Techday, May 31st BASIC language co-developer John Kemeny was born on this TECHDAY in history, in 1926, in Budapest, Hungary. In his lifetime, Kemeny had a huge impact on the history of computers, especially during his time at Dartmouth College, where he worked alongside Thomas Kurtz ...
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TECHDAY 30 May 1987 Introduction of CD Video
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Introduction of CD Video | Techday, May 30th On this TECHDAY, on May 30th, Philips introduced another Compact Disc format, the CD Video, also known as CDV, CD-V and CD+V. This format was developed by the same company that developed the Laser Disc a few years earlier, and is a synthesis of the Compact Disc with it. ...
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TECHDAY 29 May First Personal Digital Assistant
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First Personal Digital Assistant | Techday, May 29th On this TECHDAY in history, on May 29th 1992, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, Apple CEO John Sculley announces the coming release of their Newton MessagePad personal digital assistant. The Newton, which was considered innovative at its debut, ...
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TECHDAY 28 May 1929 The first color film
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The first color film | Techday, May 28th On this TECHDAY in history, on May 28th 1929, the first color film "On with the show!" premiered. It was an American Pre-Code musical film released by Warner Bros. Filmed in two-strip Technicolor, the film is noted as being the first all-talking, all-color feature length ...
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TECHDAY 27 May 1919 PYREX patent
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Pyrex patent | Techday, May 27th On this TECHDAY, May 27th 1919 marks the registration of a U.S. patent of Pyrex (No. 1304623). Its inventors were company research chemists who handed the patent to Corning Glass Works. Pyrex was their trademark for their sodium borosilicate glass. This glass has an exceptionally ...
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TECHDAY 26 May Microsoft’s course to the Internet
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The Internet Tidal Wave | Techday, May 26th Bill Gates realised that Microsoft had missed the boat on estimating the impact and popularity of the Internet and was trying to pivot their business model. On this TECHDAY in history, on May 26th 1995, he wrote a memo, in which he called it "The Internet Tidal Wave." ...
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TECHDAY 25 May 1994 First World Wide Web Conference
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The first World Wide Web Conference | Techday, May25th On this TECHDAY in history, the first World Wide Web Conference began in Geneva, Switzerland, which would last three days (25-27 May). At that conference, which took place at CERN and gained a reputation as the "Woodstock of the Web", hundreds of researchers ...
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TECHDAY 24 May 1844 First Telegram is sent!
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First Telegram sent! | Techday, May 24th On this TECHDAY in history, on May 24th 1844, the first telegram was sent. In a demonstration in front of members of the Congress, Samuel F. B. Morse conveyed the first telegraphic message over an experimental line from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, to his partner Alfred ...
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