On this day, space/science/tech history (Oct 9th)

[yruc]

1806 Benjamin Banneker astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74<br />1876 1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires <br />1924 Robert Rushworth pilot (X-15) is born.<br />1930 1st transcontinental flight by a woman completed, Laura Ingalls <br />1936 Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to LA <br />1946 1st electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50<br />1947 1st telephone conversation between a moving car & a plane<br />1962 NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m <br />1977 Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 6, but returned after failing to dock <br />1980 1st consumer use of home banking by computer (Knoxville Tn) <br />1984 Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st US woman to walk in space <br />

 

[newtonian]

Nothing in the last 20 years? Noting the mathematical progression in your list, the 20 year gap at the end seems like an aberration, or anomaly.<br /><br />Was your source close to 1984?<br /><br />Is this the history of a parallel universe which ended in their 1984?<br /><br />In our universe, on October 9th, 2001:<br /><br />"The Nobel Prize for Physics is awarded to Carl E. Weiman, Eric A. Cornell, and Wolfgang Ketterle for their production of the Bose-Einstein condensate; the Nobel prize for Chemistry goes to William s. Knowles, Ryoji Noyori, and K. Barry Shgarpless;" - "Encyclopedia Britannica, 2001 Year in Review," page 51.

 

[yruc]

no, the source I am using is http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/ and it was last updated on Oct 11, 2001. I just read through it and pick out the science, space, tech info.