Today in Tech History

Daily threads of significant technological events that happened on this day. “Study the past if you would define the future.” -Confucius

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@MilHistNow Incredible bravery. I created a thread on the deception campaign to throw off Hitler and the engineering required to assist in the invasion, including a fuel pipeline laid across the English channel. https://t.co/R04dgw5mnu

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On this day in 1944, 156,000 Allied troops stormed five beaches in Normandy in the largest seaborne invasion in history. Their courage and sacrifice made it successful, but technology the Germans never saw coming gave them a critical edge.

A thread on the D-Day landings 🧵

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Within days, 326,000 troops, 50,000 vehicles, and 100,000 tons of supplies had come ashore. That logistical scale was only possible because the Allies had spent years building the ships, landing craft, vehicles, and infrastructure to move an army across open water under fire.

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On this day in 1944, 156,000 Allied troops stormed five beaches in Normandy in the largest seaborne invasion in history. Their courage and sacrifice made it successful, but technology the Germans never saw coming gave them a critical edge.

A thread on the D-Day landings 🧵

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PLUTO - Pipe Line Under The Ocean - was an undersea fuel pipeline laid across the English Channel to supply advancing Allied forces. No one had done anything like it before. It carried millions of gallons of fuel into France.

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@JonErlichman It turned out to be the 2nd best selling game series of all time. But it also turned into a legal fiasco that prevented the creator from getting any royalties from it for over a decade! More details on the Tetris origin story in today's thread. https://t.co/0cKLvmOP33

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On this day in 1984, a Soviet programmer at a Moscow research lab built a puzzle game in about three weeks, got hooked on it, and accidentally created one of the most played games in history.

A thread 🧵

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@landofthe80s Over 520 million copies of Tetris over all versions have been sold. Check out my thread on the origin story of Tetris including the legal fiasco that ensued in todays thread https://t.co/e1Z2KnqxYg

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On this day in 1984, a Soviet programmer at a Moscow research lab built a puzzle game in about three weeks, got hooked on it, and accidentally created one of the most played games in history.

A thread 🧵

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Total Tetris sales across all versions now top 520 million, making it the second best-selling game series ever. Around 220 versions exist across 70+ platforms. The inventor spent his best years earning nothing from it. He says his favorite version was the Game Boy edition.

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On this day in 1984, a Soviet programmer at a Moscow research lab built a puzzle game in about three weeks, got hooked on it, and accidentally created one of the most played games in history.

A thread 🧵

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Nintendo bundled Tetris with the Game Boy in 1989. It sold 35 million copies. Pajitnov got zero royalties until 1996, a full decade after he built the thing. That year he co-founded The Tetris Company and finally started getting paid for the most copied game ever made.

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@JonErlichman Wozniak designed it to play Breakout, but businesses loved it for a spreadsheet app called VisiCalc. It sold for 16 years and over 6 million units. More interesting details on Apple II in today’s thread:

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On this day in 1977, a fully assembled, color-capable personal computer went on sale to the public for $1,298. It came with a keyboard, a case, and BASIC built in. Most computers didn't.

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@Rainmaker1973 Wozniak expected it to be a hobbyist computer but it turned out small businesses bought it due to a spreadsheet app called VisiCalc. More on the Apple II launch in today’s thread:

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On this day in 1977, a fully assembled, color-capable personal computer went on sale to the public for $1,298. It came with a keyboard, a case, and BASIC built in. Most computers didn't.

A thread 🧵

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On this day in 1977, a fully assembled, color-capable personal computer went on sale to the public for $1,298. It came with a keyboard, a case, and BASIC built in. Most computers didn't.

A thread 🧵