Today in Tech History – – April 25, 2018

1944 – Lt. Carter Harman of the 1st Air Commando Group rescued four men from the jungle in Burma, flying a Sikorsky YR-4 helicopter. It was the first combat rescue by helicopters in the US Army Air Forces.

https://web.archive.org/web/20130312201246/http://www.pacaf.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090422-085.pdf

1953 – Watson and Crick presented their findings on the double helical structure of DNA in the publication Nature. They noted that the structure “suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material.” 50 Years later the Human Genome Project had concluded sequencing the genome and published a follow-on in Nature on their vision for genetic research.

http://www.sns.ias.edu/~tlusty/courses/landmark/WatsonCrick1953.pdf

1961 – Robert Noyce received the US patent for the silicon-based integrated circuit. He went on to found the Intel Corporation with Gordon E. Moore in 1968. Noyce fought a long patent rights battle with Jack Kilby who invented a germanium based integrated circuit.

http://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/icinv.html

2014 – Microsoft completed its acquisition of Nokia’s handset business. Nokia retained its mapping, research and network infrastructure business. Microsoft gained most of the mobile phone parts of the company.

http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-closes-nokia-deal-pays-more-than-expected/#ftag=CAD590a51e

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