January 8th, 2009

Today in History

1997:
computer processer Pentium MMX introduced by Intel.

1994:
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He will stay on the space station till March 22, 1995 for a record 437 days in space.

1935:
A.C. Hardy patents the spectrophotometer.

1908:
A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City killing 17, injuring 38 and leading to increased demand for electric trains.

1889:
Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine.