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  • 1/14/1878: Edison demo’d telephone for Queen Victoria
    https://books.google.com/books?id=EqgFnAZEPhgC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=january+14+1878+Bell+Queen&source=bl&ots=mPKok_L6Wk&sig=SZ49ClI0TVRvZbfRrIvPniwEtZM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OQxZULiHLOeLiwLA3YGQCA#v=onepage&q=january%2014%201878%20Bell%20Queen&f=false
  • 1/18/1903: 1st telegraph sent
    https://www.nps.gov/caco/learn/education/upload/Marconi.pdf
  • 1/16/1983: Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) met for the first time
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force
  • 1/18/95: yahoo.com registered
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!

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  • 1/9/2009: 1st v of bitcoin released
    https://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg10142.html
  • 1/11/2005: iPod Shuffle!
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Shuffle
  • 1/10/96: T83 graphing calculator
    https://dayintechhistory.com/dith/january-10-1996-ti-83-graphing-calculator/
  • 1/6/1999: XBOX
    https://dayintechhistory.com/dith/january-6-2001-xbox-unveiled/
  • 1/5/84: GNU project founded
    https://dayintechhistory.com/dith/january-5-1984-gnu-project-founded/

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  • 1985: 1st domain name registered "http://NORDU.net " http://www.tommerritt.com/2018/01/01/today-in-tech-history-january-1-2018/
    https://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_tcpip.htm

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• 11/29/72: Pong is released
• 11/30/59: IBM 7090 Mainframes are released
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• 11/21 - birth of the internet
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