Daily Facts about Technology

2023

International Day of Medical Physics is observed to promote the role of medical physicists in healthcare.

2009

China becomes the world's third nation to send humans to space.

2001

Microsoft releases Windows XP, a major operating system.

2001

Apple releases the first iPod, revolutionizing portable music players.

1936

The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City is officially opened.

1911

First use of an aircraft in war: The Italian Air Force uses airplanes for reconnaissance missions during the Italo-Turkish War.

1877

Thomas Edison, the renowned inventor, demonstrates the first successful sound recording by reciting the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb."

1861

The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.