Today in Tech History – July 30, 2017

1889 – Vladimir Zworykin was born in Russia. He would go on to earn the title “Father of Television” (one of several called that) for his work on the iconoscope and the kinescope. He worked on television for RCA.

http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/July/30/

1898 – The Winton Motor Carriage Company placed a magazine advertisement in Scientific American calling on readers to “dispense with a horse.” It’s the earliest known automobile ad.

http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/pic/2010/10_sept.asp

1971 – The Apollo 15 mission landed the first lunar rover onto the moon.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo15/index.html

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