Tech History Today – Mar. 25

In 1925 – John Logie Baird gave his first public demonstration of his 'Sillohette Television' at the Selfridges department store, Oxford Street, London. It was part of the stores birthday celebration.


In 1979 – The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, Columbia, was delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center in preparation for its first launch.


In 1995 – Ward Cunningham installed the First Wiki, WikiWikiWeb on a $300 computer someone gave him. He connected it to the Internet, using a 14.4-baud dial-up modem.

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Published on March 24, 2012 21:48
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