This Day in TechJuly 2, 1928: America's First TV Station Goes on the AirJune 27, 1954: World's First Nuclear Power Plant OpensJune 25, 1997: Minor Collision Doesn't Dull Cargo Ship's LusterJune 20, 1963: Cuban Missile Crisis Spurs Moscow-D.C. 'Hot Line'June 19, 240 B.C.: The Earth Is Round, and It's This BigJune 18, 1983: Sally Ride, the First American Woman Into SpaceJune 13, 1955: Innumerable Carats of Ice Amid Actual Siberian IceJune 11, 1644: The Barometer Gets Its First Practical AiringJune 6, 1944: Artificial Harbor Paves the Way for Normandy InvasionJune 4, 1783: Balloons That Carry Passengers? It's More Than Hot AirMay 31, 1977: Trans-Alaska Pipeline a Source of Oil ... and WorryMay 25, 1961: JFK Vows to Put American on Moon by Decade's EndMay 23, 1985: Selling Stealth Secrets to the Reds Comes at a High PriceMay 21, 1927: Lucky Lindy Flies His Way Into the Celebrity RanksMay 16, 1988: Nicotine Declared as Addictive as Heroin, CocaineMay 9, 1960: Easy Birth Control Arrives, But There's a CatchMay 8, 1886: Looking for Pain Relief, and Finding Coca-Cola InsteadMay 7, 558: The Roof Caves In on the Hagia SophiaMay 2, 1952: First Commercial Jet Flies From London to JohannesburgMay 1, 1851: All's Fair in Love, War, Machinery and AppliancesApril 30, 1897: J.J. Thomson Announces the Electron ... Sort OfApril 26, 1956: The Container Ship's Maiden VoyageApril 25, 1859: Big Dig Starts for Suez CanalApril 24, 1184 B.C.: Trojan Horse Defeats State-of-the-Art SecurityMore Stories
