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February 6, 1959

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Joel Byers

On February 6, 1959, Jack St. Clair Kilby of Texas Instruments filed the first patent for an integrated circuit, thereby setting the world on the path of electronic realization, making computers and the other wonders of the 21st Century possible. Mr. Kilby was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000 for his work … Continue reading →

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May 11, 1997

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1997 Garry Kasparov, world chess champion, lost his first ever multi-game match. He lost to IBM’s chess computer Deep Blue and it was the first time a computer had beaten a world-champion human player. Hal and Skynet e-mailed their congratulations to Deep Blue the next day at the same … Continue reading →

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October 7, 2003

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in California governor Gray Davis was recalled and former bodybuilder and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected in his place to finish his term. Arnold was also re-elected for a second term. All women named Sarah Connor mysteriously disappeared from California from 2003 until 2011 and Cyberdyne Systems of San Jose, … Continue reading →

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September 21, 1981

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Joel Byers

On THIS DATE IN TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1981 – Sandra Day O’Conner became the 1st female Supreme Court Justice. The rest of the judges said, sure, why not, we’ve already allowed a black man on the team, how much more damage can a woman do? But they quickly tried to rethink their opinion when a very … Continue reading →

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September 9, 1945

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Joel Byers

On THIS DATE IN TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1945 the 1st “bug” in a computer program was discovered by Grace Hopper. A moth was removed with tweezers from a relay and taped into the log book. SkyNets first incarnation was eradicated before it could  even get started. Mrs. Hopper, one of the pioneering computer scientist and a … Continue reading →

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July 22, 1962

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Joel Byers

On THIS DAY IN HISTORY in 1962, NASA officially announced that the Mariner 1 spacecraft flew erratically several minutes after launch and had to be destroyed. Unofficially, Simon Beauchamp, one of the systems analysts that was on duty was later heard to be mumbling at one of the local bars outside Cape Canaveral that Mariner … Continue reading →

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