Windows XP went on sale on October 25, 2001
Windows XP went on sale on October 25, 2001. The system brought Windows’ consumer and business lines together on the NT platform.
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Taylor Swift’s debut album was released on this day
On October 24, 2006, American singer Taylor Swift’s first studio album was released in North America.
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The First Photograph of Earth from Space Was Taken in 1946
On October 24, 1946, a camera aboard a V-2 rocket photographed Earth from an altitude of about 65 miles. The rocket was suborbital, and the film survived the fall.
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On This Day: My Chemical Romance released The Black Parade in Europe
On October 23, 2006, My Chemical Romance’s third studio album was released in Europe. Its story follows a Patient nearing the end of his life.
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On This Day, Apple Introduced the iPod
On October 23, 2001, Apple announced the portable MP3 player iPod, which could hold up to 1,000 songs and sync music with a Mac.
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First Blood was released in the United States on October 22, 1982
In Ted Kotcheff’s film, Sylvester Stallone played John Rambo, a Vietnam War veteran.
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Windows 7 Went on Sale 17 Years Ago
Windows 7 went on sale on October 22, 2009. Unlike Vista, it received critical acclaim for its improved performance and more intuitive interface.
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On October 22, 1938, Carlson and Kornei made the first faint copy
In Astoria, Chester Carlson and Otto Kornei produced the first faint copy of an image using electrophotography. The name “xerography” appeared ten years later.
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Joseph Aspdin Patented Portland Cement in 1824
On October 21, 1824, Joseph Aspdin was granted a patent for a method of producing artificial stone, which he called Portland cement.
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A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed on October 20, 1977
Six people died in the crash in Mississippi, including three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Twenty people survived.
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Ubuntu Turns 22
The first Ubuntu release came out on October 20, 2004.
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On October 20, 2003, students discovered the Sloan Great Wall
Princeton University students discovered a structure described in the source as one of the largest known cosmic structures.
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