Today in Tech History – November 26, 2017

1894 – Norbert Wiener was born in Columbia, Missouri. He would get his BA in mathematics at age 14 but is most remembered for his theory of regulation and of signal transmission which he called “cybernetics”

http://www.isss.org/lumwiener.htm

1922 – “Toll of the Sea” debuted. It was the first color movie that didn’t require a special projector, the second technicolor film ever, and the first in wide release.
http://archive.org/details/TheTollOfTheSeanovember261922

2003 – The final flight of a Concorde ended when the supersonic jet touched down at Filton, Bristol, England, the airfield where it was built.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/3238674.stm

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