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Daily Tech History: October 7, 1959 — Luna 3 Photographs the Moon’s Far Side
On October 7, 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 3 captured the first-ever photographs of the Moon’s hidden far side.
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Daily Tech History: October 6, 1866 — Reginald Fessenden Is Born
Reginald Fessenden, born October 6, 1866, pioneered AM radio and the first transmission of human speech by radio.
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Daily Tech History: October 5, 2011 — Steve Jobs Dies at 56
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died on October 5, 2011, at 56, after reshaping personal computing, music, and phones.
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Daily Tech History: October 4, 1957 — Sputnik 1 Opens the Space Age
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, the first artificial satellite and the start of the space age.
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Daily Tech History: October 3, 1950 — Bell Labs Patents the Transistor
On October 3, 1950, the U.S. Patent Office granted Bardeen and Brattain’s patent for the semiconductor transistor, the device that replaced the vacuum tube.
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Daily Tech History: October 2, 1955 — ENIAC Is Retired After Eleven Years
On October 2, 1955, the pioneering ENIAC computer was permanently shut down after more than a decade calculating artillery tables and more arithmetic than…
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Daily Tech History: October 1, 1958 — NASA Officially Begins Operations
NASA opened for business on October 1, 1958, absorbing NACA’s labs and staff to become America’s civilian space agency in the wake of Sputnik.
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Daily Tech History: September 30, 1985 — Microsoft Excel Ships, First for the Mac
On September 30, 1985, Microsoft launched Excel 1.0 exclusively for the Apple Macintosh, two years before a Windows version existed.
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Daily Tech History: September 29, 1994 — HotJava Browser Demoed at Sun Microsystems
On September 29, 1994, Sun Microsystems programmers first showed off HotJava, the prototype browser that introduced the world to Java applets.
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Daily Tech History: September 28, 2008 — SpaceX’s Falcon 1 Reaches Orbit
On September 28, 2008, SpaceX’s Falcon 1 became the first privately developed liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit, after three failed attempts.
