Today in Tech History – August 8, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1876 – Thomas Edison received a US patent for a mimeograph, which combined with an invention by A. B. Dick led to the first widely successful mimeograph machine.
http://museumofprinting.org/pdfs/MOPWinter07.pdf

1908 – For the first time in public, Wilbur Wright showed off the Wright Brothers’ flying machine at the racecourse in Le Mans, France. French doubts about the Wright Brothers’ claims to flight were put to rest for the time being.

http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/1908-the-year-the-airplane-went-public-8791602/?no-ist

2007 – Barbara Morgan became the first educator to safely reach space on the US. Space Shuttle Endeavour.

http://idahoptv.org/productions/specials/barbaramorgan/2007Aug8.cfm

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