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Sept. 20, 1952: Kitchen Blender Pegs DNA as Stuff of Life

Sept. 19, 1982: Can't You Take a Joke? :-)

Sept. 15, 1916: All Disquiet on the Western Front

Sept. 14, 1959: Moon Feels First Cold Touch of Humans

Sept. 13, 1899: New Yorker Becomes First U.S. Pedestrian Killed by Car

Sept. 12, 1958: Kilby Chips In, Integrates Circuit

Sept. 9, 1999: 9/9/99 No Big Deal for Computers

Sept. 8, 1966: Liftoff for the Starship Enterprise

Sept. 7, 1998: If the Check Says 'Google Inc.,' We're 'Google Inc.'

Sept. 6, 1891: Risky Heart Surgery Saves Stabbing Victim

Sept. 2, 1859: Telegraphs Run on Electric Air in Crazy Magnetic Storm

Sept. 1, 1939: Wehrmacht Puts the Blitz in Krieg

Aug. 31, 1968: One Donor + Four Patients = Medical History

Aug. 30, 1885: Daimler Gives World First 'True' Motorcycle

Aug. 29, 1965: Long-Distance Calling ... Very Long Distance

Aug. 25, 1973: More Than One Way to Slice a CAT

Aug. 24, 1995: Say Hello to Windows 95

Aug. 23, 1899: First Ship-to-Shore Signal to a U.S. Station

Aug. 22, 1962: First Nuke-Powered Cargo Ship Docks

Aug. 18, 1947: Birth of the Cool (Company, That Is)

Aug. 17, 1807: 'Fulton's Folly' Steams up the Hudson

Aug. 16, 1960: Geronimo-o-o-o-o-o-o!!!

Aug. 15, 1877: 'Hello. Can You Hear Me Now?'

Aug. 12, 1981: IBM Gets Personal With 5150 PC