Microsoft released Windows 1.0 on November 20, 1985. This was the very first version of the now world-famous Microsoft Windows product line. Windows 1.0 ran as a graphically oriented and 16-bit multi-tasking shell working alongside MS-DOS. The operating system was able to provide a software environment that could run graphical computer programs designed for Windows computers. History Of Microsoft Windows…
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On the 1st of September 1985, the wreck of the Titanic was finally found. The vessel was 73 years old at the time of the discovery. The Titanic was once considered unsinkable. Back then, it was the largest and most luxurious sea vessel in the whole world. Unfortunately, it collided with an iceberg in her maiden voyage and approximately 1,500…
Taking risks is a big part of winning the hearts of consumers, and even brands as big as Coke have to take risks every now and then. Sometimes the risk pays off, other times, it doesn’t. Let’s take a look at what happened in April 23, 1985, when Coca-Cola decided to take a huge risk when it introduced the “New…
On March 15, 1985, the first ever domain name in history to be registered was Symbolics.com. It was first owned by a company called Symbolics Inc., a firm based in Cambridge, MA. Technically Not the First Domain Name Symbolics.com however was not the first domain name to ever exist. A research collaboration firm based in Scandinavia created a domain name…
On the 31st of October 1984, the Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, was assassinated by her very own Sikh bodyguards. Gandhi was making her way to an interview where Peter Ustinov, an English actor, was going to speak with her and use the footage for a documentary. As the Prime Minister entered the garden area of her official residence…
April 1, 1984. This was the day when Marvin Gaye, the man and the voice behind some of the most famous R & B hits of the era, was killed. The murder was committed by Marvin Gaye’s own father, and it was the day just before the singer’s 45th birthday. And sadly, it wasn’t an April Fool’s trick. Who Was…
January 24, 1984 was the day of the annual Apple’s shareholders meeting in the Flint Center in Cupertino. It was a day that would go down in history, a day that will forever change how people viewed personal computers. You can even read what he said online. It was the day that Steve Jobs finally introduced the revolutionary Macintosh computer….