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Randy Alfred

July 8, 1908: Some Movies Get Colorful

July 7, 1936: Get a Grip � Phillips Screws Up the Toolbox

July 1, 1858: Darwin and Wallace Shift the Paradigm

June 23, 1983: DNS Test Sets Stage for Internet Growth

June 17, 1867: Lister Cuts Clean, Saves Lives

June 10, 1943: The Ballpoint Pen — Ink Dry for Me, Argentina

June 2, 1883: The 'L' Comes to Chicago ... Indoors

May 26, 1908: Mideast Oil Discovered � There Will Be Blood

May 23, 1962: Give That Kid a Hand!

May 16, 1960: Researcher Shines a Laser Light

May 2, 1887: Celluloid-Film Patent Ignites Long Legal Battle

April 20, 1940: Electron Microscope Crosses the Atlantic; Zworykin Crosses the Delaware

April 15, 1726: Apple Doesn't Fall Far From Physicist

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

April 8, 1869: What Do You Mean, 'It's Not Brain Surgery'?

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

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

March 30, 240 B.C.: Comet Cometh to Cathay

March 25, 1916: Ishi Dies, a World Ends

March 23, 1989: Cold Fusion Gets Cold Shoulder