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Randy Alfred

Nov. 1, 1909: 'The Machine Stops'

Oct. 13, 1884: Greenwich Resolves Subprime Meridian Crisis

Oct. 8, 1582: Nothing Happens ... in Catholic Lands

Sept. 30, 1846: Ether He Was the First or He Wasn't

Sept. 29, 1920: Radio Goes Commercial

Sept. 22, 1791: Faraday Enters a World He Will Change

Aug. 26, 1883: Krakatau Erupts, Changes World ... Again

Aug. 19, 1839: Photography Goes Open Source

Aug. 13, 1913: Great Alloyed Victory for Stainless Steel

Aug. 9, 1854: Thoreau Warns, 'The Railroad Rides on Us'

Aug. 5, 1962: First Quasar Discovered

Aug. 4, 1922: For Whom the Bell Tolls Not

Attack of the L.A. Smog Archives

June 25, 1967: First CES Dazzles New York

June 22, 1783: Icelandic Volcano Disrupts Europe's Economy

Mashup Inventions: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

June 9, 1902: Put a Nickel In, Take Your Food Out

May 19, 1780: Darkness at Noon Enshrouds New England

May 14, 1771: Industrial Utopian Robert Owen Born

April 27, 1791: Samuel F.B. Morse, 'American Leonardo,' Born