In 1885 – Gottleib Daimler received a patent for adding an internal combustion engine to a bicycle to make the first gasoline-driven motorcycle. 1963 – A direct line of communication between the leaders of the USA and USSR, dubbed “The Hotline” began operation. In 1969 – BBN delivered the first Interface Message Processor (IMP)...

1831 – Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction which is used in power generation and power transmission by generators, transformers, induction motors, electric motors, synchronous motors, and solenoids. In 1965 – Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, orbiting 100 miles above the Earth in Gemini 5 talked with aquanaut M. Scott Carpenter in Sealab II, 205 feet...

In 1845 – Scientific American began publication with the issue for this day. It would become the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. In 1991 – The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis sent an electronic mail message using AppleLink. The message read: “Hello Earth! Greetings from the STS-43 Crew. This is...

In 1962 – NASA launched the Mariner 2 unmanned space mission to Venus. In 1989 – The first direct-to-home TV satellite launched from Cape Canveral. Marco Polo I delivered the British Satellite Broadcasting service to homes in the UK. In 2003 – Fairbanks, Alaska got the world’s biggest UPS backup. The city hooked up...