Today in Tech History
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Daily threads of significant technological events that happened on this day. “Study the past if you would define the future.” -Confucius
On this day in 1965, a Soviet cosmonaut climbed out of a spacecraft 500 kilometers above Earth and floated in open space for the first time in human history. It nearly killed him in three different ways. A thread 🧵
On this day 100 years ago, a physics professor launched a spindly rocket from a snow-covered farm in Massachusetts. It flew for 2 seconds and reached 41 feet. Nobody covered it. It changed everything. A thread 🧵
On this day 100 years ago, a physics professor launched a spindly rocket from a snow-covered farm in Massachusetts. It flew for 2 seconds and reached 41 feet. Nobody covered it. It changed everything. A thread 🧵
