Month: January 2021
January 30
1982 First computer virus written
Source: https://www.edn.com/1st-computer-virus-is-written-january-30-1982/
January 29
1980 Rubik’s Cube international debut
Source: https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/rubiks-cube-shaped-up-as-global-success/
January 28
1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion
Source: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/remembering-challenger-25-years-later
January 27
1967 Astronauts die in Apollo 1 launch pad fire
January 26
1926 First public television demonstration
Source: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/baird-demonstrates-tv
January 25
1924 First Winter Olympics
January 24
1984 Apple Macintosh introduced
January 23
1986 First artists inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/23/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-23-2019/9991548174910/
January 22
1984 Apple’s iconic “1984” commercial airs during Super Bowl XVIII
Source: https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2014/01/remembering-apples-1984-super-bowl-ad.html