Category: Technology
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November 17: August Ferdinand Möbius
On this day in 1558, Mary Tudor, Queen of England, consort of Philip II of Spain, died at St. James Palace, and was succeeded by her half-sister, Elizabeth. In 1869, the first ships officially passed through the Suez Canal in Egypt, creating a more efficient trade route for the countries along the Indian Ocean and…
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November 12: The World Wide Web
In 1984, Timothy Berners-Lee, who had worked at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) as an intern in 1980, returned as a Fellow. He worked to improved CERN’s connectivity to the Internet, and by 1989, it was the largest node in Europe, used by hundreds of scientists worldwide to exchange experimental data, theories, and…
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November 3: One World Trade Center
On Nov. 3, 2014, One World Trade Center official opened. At 1776 feet, it is the tallest building not just in New York City, but in the Western Hemisphere. Its 94 stories begin at ground level in a square, but it changes shape as it rises. Its corners are tapered back from the twentieth floor…