This day in technology » Blog http://www.thisdayintechnology.com Look at how far we have come! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en 11th March http://www.thisdayintechnology.com/03/11/2010/11th-march/ http://www.thisdayintechnology.com/03/11/2010/11th-march/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:32 +0000 This Day in Technology http://www.thisdayintechnology.com/?p=959 On this day in 1811, The Luddites made their first attack on knitting frames in Nottingham, England…. Read more »

On this day in 1864, The Dale Dyke dam failed, killing hundreds in South Yorkshire, England… Read more »

On this day in 1960, NASA launched the Pioneer 5 space probe, which explored the area between Earth and Venus… Read more »

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On this day in 1891, Nikola Tesla patented his noise reducing Method of Operating Arc-Lamps… Read more »

On this day in 1906, The Courrieres mine disaster in France killed over 1000 people… Read more »

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On this day in 1858, A specialty letter box was patented by Albert Potts… Read more »

On this day in 1964, The Ford Motor Company began producing the Ford Mustang automobile… Read more »

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