1868CE
Invention
Typewriter Patented
Christopher Latham Sholes patents the first commercially successful typewriter, which features the QWERTY keyboard layout still used today.
Christopher Latham Sholes patents the first commercially successful typewriter, which features the QWERTY keyboard layout still used today.
British mathematician and computer scientist considered the father of modern computing and artificial intelligence, who played a pivotal role in cracking Nazi codes during World War II.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the first commercially produced oral contraceptive pill, profoundly impacting women's rights and society.
President Richard Nixon signs the Education Amendments of 1972, which includes Title IX, prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded education programs.