Today in Tech History – September 5, 2016

1977 – NASA launched Voyager 1 after a brief delay. Although it was launched 16 days after Voyager 2, it’s faster flight path would take it past Jupiter first.

1980 – The last IBM 7030 mainframe computer, AKA STRETCH, was decommissioned at Brigham Young University.

2007 – Apple introduced the iPod Touch, bringing multitouch functionality to its popular iPod line.

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