Technology

100 historical events in technology.

• 1783 CEThe First Manned Hot-Air Balloon Flies
• 1793 CECotton Gin Patented
• 1797 CEThe First Parachute Jump Is Made
• 1825 CEErie Canal Opens
• 1826 CEFirst Photography Experiments
• 1873 CEThe Sholes and Glidden Typewriter Is Patented
• 1886 CEFirst Automobile Patent
• 1902 CEAswan Dam First Phase
• 1903 CEThe First Box of Crayola Crayons Is Sold
• 1903 CEThe Wright Brothers Fly at Kitty Hawk
• 1904 CEThe New York City Subway Opens
• 1913 CEThe First Crossword Puzzle Is Published
• 1913 CEThe Modern Zipper Is Patented
• 1914 CEAn Early U.S. Home Gets Comfort Cooling
• 1914 CEThe First Scheduled Airline Passenger Flight Takes Off
• 1927 CECharles Lindbergh Atlantic Crossing
• 1935 CEMonopoly Is Published by Parker Brothers
• 1938 CEThe Ballpoint Pen Goes on Sale
• 1939 CEFirst Regular U.S. TV Broadcasts Begin
• 1942 CEDuct Tape Is Developed for the Military
• 1945 CETeflon Is Trademarked
• 1946 CEThe First Disposable Diaper Is Marketed
• 1947 CEThe First Commercial Microwave Oven Is Sold
• 1948 CEScrabble Gets Its Trademark
• 1950 CEThe First Universal Credit Card Launches
• 1951 CEColor Television Introduced in US
• 1952 CEThe First Commercial Jet Airliner Enters Service
• 1954 CEThe First Nuclear Power Plant Supplies Electricity to a Grid
• 1955 CEBill Gates Is Born
• 1955 CESteve Jobs Is Born
• 1955 CEVelcro Is Patented
• 1957 CEThe Boeing 707 Makes Its First Flight
• 1958 CEThe Modern LEGO Brick Design Is Patented
• 1959 CEBarbie Debuts at Toy Fair
• 1967 CEThe Boeing 737 Makes Its First Flight
• 1967 CEThe First ATM Is Installed
• 1968 CEThe Computer Mouse Is Publicly Demonstrated
• 1971 CEElon Musk Is Born
• 1971 CEThe First Network Email Is Sent
• 1972 CEPong Hits Arcades
• 1973 CEThe First Cell Phone Call Is Made
• 1974 CEThe First UPC Barcode Is Scanned
• 1975 CEThe First Digital Camera Prototype Is Built
• 1979 CESony Ships the Walkman
• 1979 CEVisiCalc Is Released
• 1980 CEPost-it Notes Launch Nationwide
• 1980 CEThe Rubik's Cube Goes International
• 1981 CEFirst Space Shuttle Flight
• 1981 CEThe Osborne 1 Laptop Ships
• 1987 CEThe First Antivirus Product Is Released
• 1990 CEThe Super Soaker Is Released
• 1991 CEFirst Website Goes Public
• 1991 CEThe World Wide Web Goes Public
• 1992 CEThe First SMS Message Is Sent
• 1993 CEMosaic Web Browser Released
• 1994 CEPython 1.0 Released
• 1996 CECraigslist Site Goes Online
• 1996 CEJava 1.0 Ships
• 1996 CEPalm Pilot 1000 Debuts
• 1998 CEBluetooth 1.0 Specification Released
• 1998 CEGoogle Founded
• 1999 CEThe First Popular Emoji Set Ships on Japanese Phones
• 2000 CEConcorde Crash Paris
• 2000 CEGPS Selective Availability Ends
• 2000 CEToyota Prius Goes on Sale in the United States
• 2001 CEiPod Released
• 2001 CEWikipedia Launches
• 2002 CEiRobot Roomba Hits Shelves
• 2003 CELinkedIn Is Founded
• 2004 CEMozilla Firefox 1.0 Ships
• 2005 CEAmazon Introduces Prime
• 2005 CEMe at the Zoo Becomes the First YouTube Upload
• 2005 CEReddit Is Founded
• 2006 CEConsumer Blu-ray Players Arrive
• 2007 CEAndroid Platform Unveiled
• 2008 CEApple App Store Opens
• 2008 CEGitHub Launches Publicly
• 2008 CEGoogle Chrome Debuts
• 2008 CESpotify Launches in Europe
• 2008 CEStack Overflow Launches
• 2008 CEThe First Android Phone Goes on Sale
• 2009 CEBitcoin Genesis Block
• 2009 CECaptain Sullenberger Hudson Landing
• 2009 CEUber Is Founded
• 2009 CEWhatsApp Is Founded
• 2010 CEInstagram Launches
• 2010 CEPinterest Launches
• 2011 CESnapchat Launches
• 2011 CEZoom Video Communications Is Founded
• 2012 CEFacebook Goes Public
• 2013 CEDocker Open-Sources Its Container Toolkit
• 2014 CEHeartbleed Vulnerability Disclosed
• 2014 CEKubernetes Is Announced
• 2014 CESlack Opens to the Public
• 2015 CEApple Watch Ships to Customers
• 2015 CEEthereum Mainnet Goes Live
• 2016 CETikTok Launches Internationally
• 2021 CETexas Winter Grid Failure
• 2023 CEGPT-4 Release
• 2023 CEOpenAI Board FiresO