On This Day: Simon & Garfunkel’s Debut Album
On October 19, 1964, Simon & Garfunkel released Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., their first album. It was initially unsuccessful; two years later, it was reissued with a new version of…
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On This Day: The NES Was Released in North America
On October 18, 1985, Nintendo released the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America. The console was sold with the game Super Mario Bros.
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Venera 4 Reached Venus in 1967
In 1967, the Soviet spacecraft Venera 4 reached Venus and became the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
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On This Day: 37 Years Since the Release of the Album Selena
Selena, the first album by Selena Quintanilla on a major label, was released on October 17, 1989. Its music combined cumbia and regional styles of Mexican music.
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On This Day, Kepler Began Observing a Supernova
On October 17, 1604, Johannes Kepler began observing a supernova in the constellation Ophiuchus. It had been spotted in Europe earlier, on October 9.
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On This Day: Kate Bush’s The Sensual World was released
On October 16, 1989, British singer-songwriter Kate Bush released her sixth studio album.
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On This Day in 1846, Ether Anesthesia Was Demonstrated Publicly
On October 16, 1846, the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic was demonstrated publicly in Boston.
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October 15, 1999: “Fight Club” released in US theaters
On October 15, 1999, David Fincher's "Fight Club", based on Chuck Palahniuk's novel, opened in US theaters. The theatrical release did not meet the studio's expectations, while on home video…
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On October 15, 1956, IBM released the first reference manual for the Fortran language
The first programmer's reference manual for Fortran came out on October 15, 1956. The compiler was delivered only in April 1957, and compilers began producing accurate code only two years…
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KDE: 30 Years Since the First Announcement
On 14 October 1996, Matthias Ettrich of the University of Tübingen sent out the announcement of the Kool Desktop Environment, a free graphical environment for Linux and Unix-like systems based…
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On this day: 14 October 1926 saw the publication of the book “Winnie-the-Pooh”
On 14 October 1926, the London publisher Methuen released the first collection of Alan Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh stories, with illustrations by E. H. Shepard.
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On this day: Louis Le Prince shot the oldest surviving film
On 14 October 1888, Louis Le Prince filmed a short scene in the garden of Oakwood Grange near Leeds, in which four people walk through the garden. The film lasts…
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