Today, June 20, is an interesting day in history, from the perspective of technological innovation.<\/p>\n
For example, on June 20 in 1840, Samuel Morse received a patent for the telegraph. Just a few decades later, on June 20 in 1877, Alexander Graham Bell installed the world’s first commercial telephone service. His bold move helped end the use of telegraphs.<\/p>\n
On June 20 in 1944, a German V-2 rocket became the first ever human-made object to reach outer space. This despite the fact that the director of the project, Wernher Von Braun, was imprisoned by his government just a few months before the launch, apparently on suspicion of thinking too much. It would seem that his government and our current government have a lot in common.<\/p>\n
Now one of my favorites. On June 20 in 1990 the Asteroid Eureka was discovered. At which point it became the world’s first perfectly tautological celestial object.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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