CCT#294: We are Sick…no really.

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The biggest CES flops of all time
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On this day in history for January 19th, 2011

It was on this date in 1840, Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
On January 19, 1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
That same date in 1915 – Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds on this date in 1937.
It was 58 years ago today that 68% of all television sets in the United States are tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
Also on this date in 1978 – The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW’s plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America would continue until 2003.
The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced today in 1983.
And just five years ago, the New Horizons probe is launched by NASA on the first mission to Pluto.
Don’t forget Tuesday January 25 is Macintosh Computer Day

Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:

Scottish inventor James Watt, born today in 1736
English inventor Sir Henry Bessemer, born today in 1813
Jacobus Kapteyn, the Dutch astronomer, was born on this date in 1851
And finally, the lady who does the voice of Leela on Futurama, Katey Sagal turns 57 today

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 19, 2011

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