September 9th, 2010

Today in History

1947:
"First actual case of (a computer) bug being found": a moth lodges in a relay of a Mark II computer at Harvard University.

1926:
The U.S. National Broadcasting Company formed.

1922:
1922 - Greek-Turkish war has ended with Turkish victory over the Greeks. The largest part of the city of Smyrna (on the Minor Asia coast, now Izmir) is burned. Non-Turkic population flees.

1886:
The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized.

1543:
Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is officially crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.