Historical Dates and Firsts

Hans Lippershey is credited with applying for the first patent for a telescope in 1608 in the Netherlands.

The Indian National Congress adopted the goal of Purna Swaraj (complete independence) at the Lahore session, and the tricolor flag was hoisted on December 31, 1929.

Correct Answer: 1964

The first recorded Olympic Games are traditionally dated to 776 BC. They were held in Olympia, Greece, in honor of Zeus.

The first commercial transatlantic telephone service was established between London and New York on January 7, 1926.

The Epson HX-20, released in 1981, is generally recognized as the first handheld/laptop computer.

Yahoo! was founded in 1994, Amazon was incorporated in 1994, and Orange launched its mobile service in the UK in 1994. These major tech and telecommunications milestones all occurred in the same year.

The Ford Model T, which revolutionized the automotive industry through mass production, was introduced to the market on October 1, 1908.

The DVD format was developed and announced in 1995, with the first players and discs reaching the market in 1996.

While the concept was patented earlier, the Universal Product Code (UPC) barcode system was commercially introduced and adopted in the 1970s.

The Compact Disc (CD) was jointly developed by Philips and Sony and was commercially released in 1982.

Neil Armstrong became the first human to step on the moon on July 20, 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission.

The light pen was developed by Ben Gurley at MIT in 1950 as part of the Whirlwind project.

The United States dropped the first atomic bomb, named Little Boy, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.