Chronology of Tech History by Tom Merritt

Author:Tom Merritt [Merritt, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vl-nfcompvg
ISBN: 9781300253075
Amazon: 130025307X
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2012-10-08T00:00:00+00:00

April 12, 1961 - Yuri Gagarin of the USSR made a 108-minute orbital flight in the Vostok 1 spacecraft, becoming the first human in space.

April 25, 1961 - Robert Noyce received the US patent for the silicon-based integrated circuit. He went on to found the Intel Corporation with Gordon E. Moore in 1968. Noyce fought a long patent rights battle with Jack Kilby who invented a germanium-based integrated circuit.

May 5, 1961 - First NASA astronaut Alan Shepard piloted the Freedom 7 Mercury capsule on its 15-minute 28-second suborbital flight.

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