//File author:  CSE143uwstudent
//URL title:  "Mr.Diamente's Page"; 2000-2002, Family Education Network, Inc.
//URL:  http://www.myschoolonline.com/page/0,1871,4328-149426-4-46518,00.html
//Date discovered and prepared:  October 27, 2002
//Interesting Technology Dates
105
Chinese invent paper and wood block printing.
861
Iceland discovered by Nordic seafarers.
985
Greenland discovered by Eric the Red.
1001
Leif Ericson lands in North America.
1582
Gregorian Calendar adopted in the West.
1769
James Watt invents the steam engine.
1775
First submarine used in battle.
1801
Richard Trevithick builds first steam railway locomotive.
1802
Discovery of the carbon arc lamp.
1807
First steamboat to offer regular passenger service.
1829
First steam railraod service in the US.
1830
First viable design for a computer.
1830
Augusta Lady Byron writes first computer program.
1837
Invention of telegraph system in England and the US.
1861
Motion pictures projected onto a screen.
1876
Dewey decimal system introduced.
1877
Edweard Muybridge demonstrates high-speed phtography.
1877
Wax cylinder phonograph invented by Thomas A. Edison.
1877
Alexander Graham Bell invents the first practical telephone.
1885
First gasoline powered automobile.
1903
First manned, powered airplane flight by Orville and Wilbur Wright.
1906
Lee DeForest invents electonic amplifying tube.
1923
Television camera tube invented by Zvorkyn.
1939
Regularly scheduled TV broadcasting begins in US.
1945
First Atomic Bomb.
1946
ENIAC Computer invented.
1948
Bell Labs scientists invent the electronic transistor.
1958
First integrated circuit (IC Chip).
1969
UNIX Operating System developed.
1971
INTEL introduces the first microprocessor chip.
1972
Optical laser disk developed by Philips and MCA.
1975
Altair Microcomputer Kit is the first personal computer for the public.
1977
Radio Shack - first computer with keyboard and monitor.
1977
Apple Computer ships first Apple II computer.
1987
Hyper card developed by Bill Atkinson.
1991
450 complete works of literature on one CD-ROM.
1997
RSA Internet security code cracked for 48 bit number.