Posts Tagged ‘radio’

March 24: Ada Lovelace Day

Science/Technology Holiday: Ada Lovelace Day Geek Events to celebrate on March 24: 1896 – A. A. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history

January 5

Geek events to celebrate on January 5: 1896 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Roentgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays 1940 – FM radio is demonstrated to the Federal Communications Commission for the first time. 1972 – U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program. […]