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This Day in Information: America’s first public museum
Today in 1773, America’s first public museum, The Charleston Museum, was established in South Carolina. Today, it is estimated that there are more than 17,000 museum in the United States. The Official Museum Directory, the most comprehensive directory of museums … Continue reading
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This Day In Information: Uniform Penny Post
Today in 1840, the Uniform Penny Post was established throughout the UK, facilitating the safe, speedy and cheap conveyance of letters.
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This Day In Information: 1st Battery-Operated Switchboard
Today in 1894, New England Telephone and Telegraph installed the first battery-operated switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts. With what became to be known as the “common battery” (replacing the local battery attached to the telephone), the subscriber could signal the operator … Continue reading
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This Day In Information: The Birth of the Photography Industry
Today in 1839, the Daguerreotype process was presented to the French Academy of Sciences by Francois Arago, a physicist and politician. Arago told the Academy that it was “…indispensable that the Government should compensate M. Daguerre, and that France should … Continue reading
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This Day In Information: Cloud Computing, 1976
Today in 1976, IBM introduced Virtual Storage Personal Computing, “a new program product to allow people with little or no data processing experience to use a computer terminal to solve problems.” The terminals were connected to remote IBM mainframes via … Continue reading
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This Day In Information: Scientific Journals
Today in 1665, the first issue of the Journal des sçavans (later renamed Journal des savants), was published in Paris.
This Day in Information: Machine of the Year
Today in 1983, Time magazine put on its cover the PC, calling it “machine of the year.” Roger Rosenblatt wrote:
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This Day In Information: First Transmission of Opera in HD
Today in 2006, the first transmission of live HD broadcast from the Met Opera, to 100 movie theaters across North America plus others in Britain, Japan and one in Norway. The 12 transmissions of the 2010-2011 will be presented live … Continue reading
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This Day in Information: First Movie Screening
Today in 1895, the first public screening of films at which admission was charged was held by the Lumiere brothers at the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris. It featured ten short films, including their first film, Sortie des … Continue reading
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This Day In Information: First Feature Film
Today in 1906, the world’s first full-length feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, is shown at the Melbourne Town Hall in Australia. The film traces the life of the legendary bushranger Ned Kelly (1855–1880). In 2007, the film … Continue reading
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