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TECHDAY 6 December Charles Martin Hall
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Birthday of Charles Martin Hall | Inventor of a cheaper method producing aluminum | Techday, December 6th On this TECHDAY in history, on December 6th 1863, Charles Martin Hall was born. He was an American chemist, businessman, and inventor mainly known for his invention in 1886 of a cheaper method for producing ...
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TECHDAY 5 December ARPANET’s “basis” completed
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ARPANET completed | Techday, December 5th On this TECHDAY in history, on December 5th 1969, the initial four-node ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) network was established, with the admission of the University of Utah. What was, later, known as the Internet, originally stemmed from this planned ...
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TECHDAY 4 December Father of the Remote Control
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Birthday of Robert Adler | Pioneer of the remote control invention | Techday, December 4th On this TECHDAY in history, on December 4th 1913, Robert Adler was born. He was an Austrian-American inventor, mostly known for the development of the wireless remote control for televisions. His device may not have been the ...
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TECHDAY 3 December PlayStation debut
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PlayStation debut | Sony enters the gaming console division market with this release | Techday, December 3rd On this TECHDAY in history, on December 3rd 1994, Sony's PlayStation debut was marked. Sony made its debut in the gaming console business launching the PlayStation (PS, or PS1). The PlayStation completely ...
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TECHDAY 2 December The first nuclear reactor
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Chicago Pile-1 | World's first artificial nuclear reactor built | Techday, December 2nd On this TECHDAY in history, on December 2nd 1942, the world’s first artificial, self-sustaining, nuclear chain reaction took place. It happened in the world’s first artificial nuclear reactor “Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1)”, which was ...
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TECHDAY 1 December A Generous Project
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Launch of Project Gutenberg by Michael S. Hart | Techday, December 1st On this TECHDAY in history, on December 1st 1971, Project Gutenberg began by Michael S. Hart, an American writer. He is considered the father of eBooks and decided to begin this project (while he was still a university student with access to ...
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TECHDAY 30 November Radio’s pioneer
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Birthday of Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose | A radio pioneer | Techday, November 30th On this TECHDAY in history, on November 30th 1858, Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose was born. His birthplace was a province of British India, nowadays Bangladesh. He is considered one of radio science’s fathers. A physicist, a biologist, a ...
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TECHDAY 29 November Inventor of Vacuum Tubes
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Birthday of John Ambrose Fleming | Inventor of vacuum tubes | Techday, November 29th On this TECHDAY in history, on November 29th 1849, John Ambrose Fleming was born. He was an English electrical engineer and the inventor (and name-giver) of the Thermionic valve (vacuum-tube) diode. This invention restricted the ...
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TECHDAY 28 November Instant Photographs
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First instant camera released | The launch of the Polaroid Land Camera Model 95 | Techday, November 28th On this TECHDAY in history, on November 28th 1948, Polaroid’s first camera product, the 40 Series, Polaroid Land Camera Model 95, went on sale in a department store in Boston. It was the first commercial ...
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