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Communication: The First Phonograph
Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in August of 1877, and did not file the patent until December, 1877. picture credit: http://www.tinfoil.com/tinfoil.htm -
Medicine: X-ray
William Conrad Rontgen discovered the x-ray by accident when he turned on his cathode ray tube, and a piece of barum would glow. picture credit: http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com/2007/03/28/first-x-ray-1896/ -
Transportation: Ford Model T
Henry Ford developed the assembly line method of automobile manufacturing with the introduction of the Ford Model T. picture credits: http://salvationlinks.com/model-t-ford-a-real-bargain/ -
Communication: The First Transcontinental Phone Call
Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson talked by telephone to eachother over a two-mile wire stretched between Cambridge and Boston. -
Transportation: The First Liquid Filled Rocket
Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid filled rocket demonstrating a new technology that would take a human to space. picture creds: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa_goddard/5808136785/ -
Transportation: Heinkel He 178
The first jet engine powered aircraft, the Heinkel He 178 takes flight. This aircraft existed as a technology demonstrator intended to test the visability of the new propulsion method. picture credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heinkel_He_178_050602-F-1234P-002.jpg -
Manufacturing: The First Integrated Circuit
Jack Kilby, an engineer at Texas Instruments, introcued the first integrated circuit to the public on this day. picture credits: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/05/0507integrated-circuit-concept-published/ -
Communication: The First Color Television Broadcast
The first national color broadcast was held on this day, and John Logie Baird was the inventor of the Color Television. picture credit: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/03/dayintech_0325 -
Education: The First Portable Radio
This radio was through Texas Intruments. picture credit: http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/portable/crfv21.html -
Education: The Video Tape
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Transportation: Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1, the first man-made statlite to be launched into orbit. The launch of Sputnik 1 ushered in new technology developments. It was a frame in the development of transfer technology. picture credit: http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/sputnik-1.htm -
Manufacturing: NASA is Created
NASA was created on this day, and made history in manufacturing. picture credits: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nasa-logo.gif -
Education: Film Projector
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Communication: ARPANET
Funded by Advanced Research Projects Agency, ARPANET was the first Internet Network. -
Medicine: The First Thermometer
The First digital thermometer was created by Billy Otis Martin, Robert Mueller, and James Parker Chandler.
