Events
- Instagram releases Android app [2012]
- iPad launched by Apple [2010]
- iTunes becomes the largest music vendor in the world [2008]
- Microsoft loses the antitrust lawsuit [2000]
- Amazon’s first sale [1995]
- Osborne 1 computer unveiled [1981]
- First call from a handheld mobile phone [1973]
- Gottlieb Daimler gets German patent for his engine [1885]
Important Celebrations and Functions
Birthdays
- Vanna Bonta [1958]
Italian-American actress, writer and inventor - Dame Jane Goodall [1934]
British primatologist known for her work on chimpanzees - Granville Semmes [1927]
Founder of 1-800-Flowers - Henry Luce [1898]
Creator of the first multimedia corporation and co-founder of 'Time' Magazine - Washington Irving [1783]
American writer - John Harrison [1693]
Inventor of the marine chronometer
Death Anniversaries
- Fred Kida [2014]
Japanese-American comic book artist - Milton Caniff [1988]
American cartoonist - Otto Soglow [1975]
Creator of 'The Ambassador' and 'The Little King' comic strips