1783
The first daily paper in the US, The Pennsylvania Evening Post, is first published by Benjamin Towne in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1876
Thomas Edison is granted three patents for “an Improvement in Duplex Telegraphs” which allows a transmitted signal be sent over the same wire as incoming signals. (US No. 178,221, -2, -3)
1898
English chemist Morris William Travers discovers the element Krypton. He names the element after the Greek word meaning “hidden.”
1974
NASA launches ATS-6, the first direct broadcasting satellite.
1979
Video game publisher Capcom is founded as Japan Capsule Computers. By 2008, Capcom will be one of the fifty largest software companies in the world.
1987
North American Philips Company introduces the compact disc video (CD-V) format. The CD-V discs use the same full motion video system as the earlier LaserVision technology but with higher picture quality and additional space for CD digital audio. They will be marketed as “CD’s with pictures,” and most titles released on the format will be music rather than movies. Despite the superior audio and video quality of the format, it will never be commercially successful, largely because its discs require a special CD-V drive.
1995
Microsoft releases its Windows NT 3.51 operating system. The system is the first Windows system for PowerPC architecture.
1997
Cyrix releases the Cyrix 6×86MX processor. Code-name: M2 Price: US$190 – US$320 in 1000-unit quantities
Lotus Development releases version 4.5 of the SmartSuite office suite, featuring Lotus 1-2-3, Freelance Graphics, Approach, Organizer, ScreenCam, Word Pro 97. Price: US$399 or US$149 (upgrade)
2000
Palm grants 3Com a license for the Palm handheld operating system.
2001
Turbolinux releases the Turbolinux Operating System 7 for the Intel Itanium processor.
2005
Astronomers from the California Institute of Technology and the Astronomical Observatory of Strasbourg announced that the Andromeda galaxy is three times larger than previously guessed.
2007
The CBS Corporation acquires Last.fm, the online music service that allows fans with similar tastes to connect, for US$280 million in an attempt to reach younger demographics.
Sweden becomes the second country to open an embassy in the Second Life virtual world, following Maldives by just eight days. Run by the Swedish Institute, the embassy is established to promote Sweden’s culture and bolster its image among non-residents.
2008
Mozilla declares a Download Day with the intention to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours with its Firefox 3 launch on June 17, 2008.
Federal Trade Commission has given approval to Carl Icahn’s and his efforts to accumulate Yahoo holdings for the upcoming proxy fight.
2013
Stanford University unveils the zinc-air battery. This is a more energy efficient battery than lithium-ion
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University invent a graphene-based sensor – 1,000 times more sensitive to light than traditional CMOS or CCD sensors
Tarder Sauce – aka Grumpy Cat – will star in a feature length movie by Broken Road Productions.