On this day in history.

[J. A.]

July 3, 1886: Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen – the first purpose-built automobile.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benz_Patent_Motorwagen

 

[J. A.]

July 4, 1997: NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Pathfinder

 

[scifan57]

July 4, 1776; in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed the independence of the United States of America from Great Britain and it's King.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Us_declaration_independence.jpg

 

[scifan57]

July 4, 2013; Doug Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse, died.



Photo credit: The Times

 

[twerppoet]

July 4, 2013; Doug Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse, died.

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=44523"/> Photo credit: The Times

The 2nd, actualy.

 

[scifan57]

The 2nd, actualy.

Yeah, I found that out after I made the post.

 

[Richard Brown]

....., Doug Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse, died.

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=44523"/> Photo credit: The Times

It was reported that he was well ahead of his time with the invention. In fact, by the time The first computer manufacturer adopted his invention for the mass market, Doug's patent had expired. He therefore never made a fortune. The manufacturer was Apple. According to the report.

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[zstairlessone]

In 1054 Supernova in Crab Nebula starts shining (preparation for the annual show we get every year on this day)

In 1789 the 1st US tariff act (didn't take long did it?)

In 1838 in Silkstone England at the Huskar Colliery Mine the pit floods during a rainstorm and 26 children drowned

Alaska became the 49th state in January, but it was on July 4th 1959 that the 49 star flag was first flown

And last, but not least in any way, I believe this was the day France presented the Statue of Liberty to the US in Paris in the late 1800s

 

[J. A.]

July 4, 2013; Doug Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse, died.

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=44523"/> Photo credit: The Times

The 2nd, actualy.

I've missed these news.

It was reported that he was well ahead of his time with the invention. In fact, by the time The first computer manufacturer adopted his invention for the mass market, Doug's patent had expired. He therefore never made a fortune.

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Poor man!

 

[J. A.]

July 5, 1954: The BBC broadcast its first television news bulletin.

1809: The Battle of Wagram, the largest of the Napoleonic Wars, was fought.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wagram

1687: Isaac Newton published Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.




Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophiæ_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica

 

[J. A.]

July 7, 1990: World wide web born when Tim Berners-Lee, a researcher at CERN, developed the HyperText Markup Language, which would later be called HTML

 

[scifan57]

July 07, 2012; skimonkey starts the "What I see in my backyard..." Thread. http://www.ipadforums.net/off-topic/82801-what-i-see-my-backyard.html
Thanks for a very enjoyable thread.

 

[skimonkey]

July 07, 2012; skimonkey starts the "What I see in my backyard..." Thread. http://www.ipadforums.net/off-topic/82801-what-i-see-my-backyard.html
Thanks for a very enjoyable thread.

Hey--I made the history thread!!

Thanks for that, Sci! Hope to see more and more wonderful pics of everybody's "backyard" locale pics!

Skimonkey ~ ipadforum Moderator | iPhoneforum Moderator

 

[J. A.]

July 8, 1999: Charles "Pete" Conrad, american astronaut, member of Apollo 12 and third man on the moon, dies after a motorcycling accident.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Conrad

 

[J. A.]

June 10, 1938: Howard Hughes jr. sets a new record by completing a 91-hour airplane flight around the world.





Wikipedia