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Today in Tech History (December 31, 1999): The ...

On December 31, 1999, the world waited in worry for the potential effects of the frightening Y2K bug. The worry was that computers would not know what to do once...

Today in Television History (December 27th, 194...

"It's Howdy Doody Time!"On December 27th, 1947, the first episode of the classic kids television program, ""Howdy Doody"", aired on NBC! The series was one of the first television series...

Today in Tech History (December 26, 1982): TIME...

On December 26, 1982, TIME awarded the "Man of the Year" award to the personal computer, calling it the "Machine of the Year". It was the first non-human to receive...

Today in Radio History (December 25th, 1941): B...

"Merry Christmas to all who celebrate from your friends at Westport Tech Museum!On December 25th, 1941, Bing Crosby performed the classic Christmas hit, ""White Christmas"" in public for the first...

Today in Television History (December 24th, 195...

On December 24th, 1956, season 6, episode 11 of "I Love Lucy", "I Love Lucy Christmas Show" premiered on television. The special was prerecorded on Thanksgiving Day 1956, which was...

Today in Tech History (December 24th, 1968): Ap...

On December 21st, 1968, Apollo 8 launched as the second crewed spaceflight mission flown in the United States under the Apollo program. On December 24th, 1968, the three astronauts -...