Historical Dates and Firsts

The first public demonstration of a talking film, the Phonofilm, occurred in 1922. This technology allowed sound to be recorded directly onto the film strip.

Lewis Waterman patented the first practical fountain pen with an integrated ink reservoir and feed system in 1884. This solved the problem of uneven ink flow.

Sir George Cayley, known as the father of aviation, built the first successful manned glider in 1853. His work established the principles of flight.

The French Revolution began in 1789 with the storming of the Bastille.

The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels and published in 1848. It served as the political platform for the Communist League.

The first Interest Rate Swap was occured between IBM and World Bank in the year 1981.

Robert Hooke first observed the cells in cork slice in 1665.

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was first awarded in 1969 to Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen.

The first recorded ancient Olympic Games are traditionally dated to 776 BC.

They originally started as company newsletters and gradually turned into publications of political news.

The first draft of the human genome was published in 2001.  

The Apple I was the first product of Apple Computer, designed and hand-built by Steve Wozniak and launched in 1976.

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

The East India Company received permission from the Mughal Emperor Jahangir to establish a factory in Surat in 1612, which was formally established in 1613.