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Tony Long

Feb. 9, 1969: Behemoth Aloft

Feb. 3, 1468: Closing the Book on Gutenberg

Jan. 20, 1942: Final Decision Is High-Tech Killing

Jan. 15, 1929: Birth of a Moral Compass, Even for Science

Jan. 8, 1942: Birthday of a First-Rate Mind, and a Medical Marvel

Dec. 31, 1999: Horror or Hype? Y2K Arrives and World Trembles

Dec. 29, 1766: He Put the Mac in Mackintosh

Dec. 28, 1879: Tay Bridge Collapses, Alas

Dec. 22, 1882: Looking at Christmas in a New Light

Dec. 21, 1898: The Curies Discover Radium

Dec. 2, 1982: Barney Clark Takes One for the Team

Dec. 1, 1942: Mandatory Gas Rationing, Lots of Whining

Nov. 20, 1984: SETI Seekers Find a Home

Nov. 16, 1904: Vacuum Tube Heralds Birth of Modern Electronics

Nov. 13, 1460: Death Stills Henry the Navigator

Nov. 6, 1944 & 1971: A Double Nuke Anniversary

Oct. 26, 1992: Software Glitch Cripples Ambulance Service

Oct. 16, 2002: Second Great Library Opens in Alexandria

Oct. 9, 1855: Music-Making a Steampunk Can Love

Oct. 6, 1887: An Architect for the Machine Age