Compact Disk (CD) 1982

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  • 1982 Compact Disk

    1982 Compact Disk
    On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel’s “52nd Street,” was released in Japan. In the 30 years since, hundreds of billions of CDs have been sold, Joel has stopped recording pop music and the music industry has moved on to the next hot medium. When the first CD player was released that same day, it was described as a “new digital record player, using laser beams”.

  • Tetris Video Game 1985

    In 1985 was created by Alexey Pajitonv. This allows players to rotate falling blocks to make levels clears.