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Aug 5, 1049
First movable type invented - clay - invented in China by Pi Sheng.
For each character there were several types, and for certain common characters there were twenty or more types each, in order to be prepared for the repetition of characters on the same page. When the characters were not in use he had them arranged with paper labels, one label for each rhyme-group, and kept them in wooden cases.[1] -
May 1, 1450
newspapers appear in europe
Before the advent of the newspaper, there were two major kinds of periodical news publications: the handwritten news sheet, and single item news publications. These existed simultaneously.
The Roman Empire published Acta Diurna ("Daily Acts"), or government announcement bulletins, around 59 BC, as ordered by Julius Caesar. They were carved in metal or stone and posted in public places. -
Joseph Henry invents the first electric telegraph
Developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse (1791-1872) and other inventors, the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations. -
the Pony Express for mail delivery
The Pony Express was a mail service
delivering messages, newspapers,
mail, and small packages from St.
Joseph, Missouri, across the Great
Plains, over the Rocky Mountains and
the Sierra Nevada to Sacramento,
California, by horseback, using a
series of relay stations -
first magnetic recording.
It was first demonstrated at the
Internationale Funkausstellung
BerlinOffsite Link (International radio
exhibition Berlin, aka 'Berlin Radio
Show') in 1935. The recording
embedded in this entry was made on
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computers are first soild
A personal computer is a general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sale price make it useful for individuals, and is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer time-sharing models that allowed larger, more expensive minicomputer and mainframe systems to be used by many people, usually at the same time. -
Zip codes invented in the United States.
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan,[1] was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly (zipping along), when senders use the code in the postal address -
Xerox invents the Telecopier - the first successful fax machine.
Fax (short for facsimile), sometimes called
telecopying or telefax, is the telephonic
transmission of scanned printed material (both
text and images), normally to a telephonyoce
number connected to a printer or other output
device. The original document is scanned with a
fax machine (or a telecopier), which processes
the contents (text or images) as a single fixed
graphic image, converting it into a bitmap, and
then transmitting it through the telephone
system in the form of audio-freq -
HBO invents pay-TV service for cable.
HBO (Home Box Office) is an American premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by Home Box Office Inc., the cable flagship division of Time Warner. HBO's programming consists primarily of theatrically released motion pictures and original television series, along with made-for-cable movies and documentaries, boxing matches and occasional stand-up comedy and concert specials. -
Sony Walkman invented.
Walkman is a Sony brand tradename
originally used for portable audio
cassette players in the late 1970s. In
the 2010s, it was used to market
Sony's portable audio and video
players as well as a line of former
Sony Ericsson mobile phones. The
original Walkman actually introduced
a change in music listening habits by
allowing people to carry recorded
music with them and listen to music
through lightweight headphones
