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November in Tech History

November 20, 2017Sheila Knipp-RatliffBlog, UncategorizedNo Comments

Technology is rapidly advancing and it’s sometimes hard to realize how far it has come in such a short time.  Here are some significant events in tech history from the month of November.

November 8 – German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen became the first person to observe X-rays in 1895.  He was conducting experiments on cathode rays and their ability to penetrate glass and the discovery of X-rays was accidental.  After further experiments, he discovered that these rays could penetrate flesh, but not bone or other dense materials, and could be photographed.  Rontgen findings are still widely used in many areas and remain an important medical tool.

November 18– Bell Telephone installed the first commercial push-button phone just outside of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in 1963.  Even though it seemed like a small change from the rotary dials that had been used for the last few decades, many were reluctant to use this new technology.  Bell Telephone set up an interactive display at the 1963 Seattle World’s Fair to familiarize customers with the new process.

November 20 – Two years after it was announced, Microsoft released Windows 1.0 in 1985.  This was a big change from the MS-DOS that was used at the time and allowed the use of a mouse instead of keyboard only commands.  Though it looked very different than the Windows of today, it included many of the elements that have become cornerstones of the Windows OS.

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Sheila Knipp-Ratliff
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