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Randy Alfred

April 21, 1878: Thinking Fast, Firefighter Slides Down a Pole

April 17, 1970: Houston, We No Longer Have a Problem

April 16, 1813: Specifying the Interchangeability Standard

Facebook Is In The News

April 14, 1932: Zounds! We've Split the Atomic Nucleus

April 11, 1984: Shuttle Makes House Call, Repairs Satellite

April 10, 1849: Safety Tech Gets to the Point, Baby

April 9, 1806: I.K. Brunel Is Born, a Giant Among Engineers

April 7, 1964: IBM Bets Big on System/360

April 4, 1975: Bill Gates, Paul Allen Form a Little Partnership

April 3, 1973: Motorola Calls AT&T ... by Cell

April 2, 1889: Aluminum Process Foils Steep Prices

April 1, 1960: First Weather Satellite Launched

March 28, 1910: It Floats, It Flies, It's a Seaplane

March 27, 1933: Just One Word ... Plastics

March 26, 1845: A Sticky Application for an Old Problem

March 25, 1954: RCA TVs Get the Color for Money

March 21, 1999: Around the World in 20 Days

March 20, 1800: Volta's Battery Shows Potential

March 19, 1474: Venice Enacts a Patently Original Idea