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Today in Tech History – July 25, 2016

Today in Tech History logo1959 – Christopher Cockerell’s Hovercraft crossed the English Channel for the first time, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Frenchman Louis Bleriot’s historic first cross-Channel heavier-than-air flight.

1990 – Microsoft became the first software company to exceed $1 billion in sales in a single year, reporting revenues of $1.18 billion for fiscal year 1990.

2010 – Wikileaks published classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in US. military history.

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