The first modern computer language, Fortran, is first shared with the coding community. Fortran, the first modern computer language, is shared with the coding community…
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14 October 1982
USA President Ronald Reagan announces a War on Drugs. On this day in 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared illicit drugs to be a threat to…
13 October 1972
174 people are killed when an Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 crashes just outside Moscow. Aeroflot Flight 217 was a non-scheduled international passenger flight from Orly Airport…
12 October 1979
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams is published. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is the first of five books in the…
11 October 2001
The Polaroid Corporation asks for federal bankruptcy protection. Polaroid Corp. filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware Friday, capping three days of speculation…
10 October 2010
The Netherlands Antilles gets dissolved as a country. The Netherlands Antilles was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was dissolved…
9 October 1804
Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded. Hobart is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. With a population of…
8 October 1982
The musical ‘Cats’ opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before it closes on September 10 2000. Randy Rum Tum Tugger will have…
7 October 1950
Mother Teresa sets up the Missionaries of Charity. Missionaries of Charity is a Roman Catholic Latin Rite religious congregation established in 1950 by Mother Teresa….
6 October 1903
The High Court of Australia sits for the first time. The High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and…