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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.
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Daily Tech History: September 27, 1983 — Richard Stallman Announces the GNU Project
On September 27, 1983, Richard Stallman announced on Usenet his plan to build GNU, a free Unix-compatible operating system.
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Daily Tech History: September 26, 2006 — Facebook Opens to Everyone
On September 26, 2006, Facebook opened registration to anyone 13 or older with a valid email address, ending its school- and company-only era.
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Daily Tech History: September 25, 1956 — TAT-1, the First Transatlantic Telephone Cable, Goes Live
On September 25, 1956, TAT-1 opened as the first transatlantic telephone cable, replacing crackly radio links with clear voice calls between Britain and North…
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Daily Tech History: September 24, 1979 — CompuServe Launches MicroNET
On September 24, 1979, CompuServe launched MicroNET, opening its network to consumers and pioneering mass-market online services years before the web.
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Daily Tech History: September 23, 1889 — Nintendo Is Founded as a Playing Card Company
On September 23, 1889, Fusajiro Yamauchi founded a small Kyoto card shop that would eventually become Nintendo.
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Daily Tech History: September 22, 1986 — Court Rules Computer Code (Microcode) Is Copyrightable
On September 22, 1986, a federal court ruled in NEC Corp. v. Intel Corp. that a chip’s microcode is protected by copyright, an early…
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Daily Tech History: September 21, 2012 — iPhone 5 Goes On Sale
The iPhone 5, with its taller 4-inch screen, LTE and new Lightning connector, hit stores on September 21, 2012.
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Daily Tech History: September 20, 1954 — The First FORTRAN Program Runs
On September 20, 1954, the first FORTRAN program ran on an IBM 704, launching the language that would define scientific computing for decades.
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Daily Tech History: September 19, 1982 — The First Emoticon Is Born
On September 19, 1982, Carnegie Mellon professor Scott Fahlman posted 🙂 and 🙁 to a campus bulletin board, creating the first documented emoticon.