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Jan 1, 1440
Printing Press inventing
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press that was used up until the 20th century. -
First Motion picture
The first exhibition of motion pictures was given in New York City using 10 Kinetoscopes. -
First Radio Broadcast
Radio station KDKA in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania produced the first commercially recognized radio broadcast -
TIME Magazine
Briton Hadden and Henry Luce created the first weekly magazine in the United States -
First Satellite
Soviet Russia launched Sputnik 1; the first artificial satellite to be put in orbit. Satellites are used for a number of things including communication, military, weather, and research. -
First laptop
Adam Osborne developed the Osborne 1 which was considered to be the first actually portable laptop -
First smartphone
IBM Simon was the first "smartphone" invented. It had a touchscreen and some familiar features like calendar and game functions. -
Facebook
Mark Zukerberg launched what is today's leading social networking site. -
Youtube
Steven Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim invented YouTube which is used to upload, view, and share videos worldwide. -
Twitter
Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass