This Day in TechJuly 2, 1928: America's First TV Station Goes on the AirBy Tony LongJune 27, 1954: World's First Nuclear Power Plant OpensBy Tony LongJune 25, 1997: Minor Collision Doesn't Dull Cargo Ship's LusterBy Tony LongJune 20, 1963: Cuban Missile Crisis Spurs Moscow-D.C. 'Hot Line'By Tony LongJune 19, 240 B.C.: The Earth Is Round, and It's This BigBy Randy AlfredJune 18, 1983: Sally Ride, the First American Woman Into SpaceBy Tony LongJune 13, 1955: Innumerable Carats of Ice Amid Actual Siberian IceBy Matt SimonJune 11, 1644: The Barometer Gets Its First Practical AiringBy Tony LongJune 6, 1944: Artificial Harbor Paves the Way for Normandy InvasionBy Tony LongJune 4, 1783: Balloons That Carry Passengers? It's More Than Hot AirBy Tony LongMay 31, 1977: Trans-Alaska Pipeline a Source of Oil ... and WorryBy Tony LongMay 25, 1961: JFK Vows to Put American on Moon by Decade's EndBy Tony LongMay 23, 1985: Selling Stealth Secrets to the Reds Comes at a High PriceBy Tony LongMay 21, 1927: Lucky Lindy Flies His Way Into the Celebrity RanksBy Tony LongMay 16, 1988: Nicotine Declared as Addictive as Heroin, CocaineBy Tony LongMay 9, 1960: Easy Birth Control Arrives, But There's a CatchBy Tony LongMay 8, 1886: Looking for Pain Relief, and Finding Coca-Cola InsteadBy Tony LongMay 7, 558: The Roof Caves In on the Hagia SophiaBy Tony LongMay 2, 1952: First Commercial Jet Flies From London to JohannesburgBy Tony LongMay 1, 1851: All's Fair in Love, War, Machinery and AppliancesBy Matt SimonApril 30, 1897: J.J. Thomson Announces the Electron ... Sort OfBy Randy AlfredApril 26, 1956: The Container Ship's Maiden VoyageBy Randy AlfredApril 25, 1859: Big Dig Starts for Suez CanalBy Randy AlfredApril 24, 1184 B.C.: Trojan Horse Defeats State-of-the-Art SecurityBy Randy AlfredMore Stories
