A bit of January 30th history…
1661 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed after having been dead for 2 years
1835 - Richard Lawrence misfires at President Jackson on 1st attempted assassination of a US President
1948 - Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist
1961 - JFK asks for an Alliance for Progress and the Peace Corps
1963 - Ivan Sutherland submits a thesis containing his Sketchpad program, a forerunner to modern day graphic user interface and computer aided design programs
1975 - Erno Rubik applies for a patent for his “Magic Cube” invention, later known as the Rubik’s Cube (pictured)
1992 - Inventor Ray Kurzweil publishes “The Age of Intelligent Machines”, on AI, predicting the popularity of the internet
2020 - WHO declares COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
A bit of January 30th history… 1661 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord...
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