1895
The Lumiere brothers filed a patent for appareil servant à l’obtention et à la vision des épreuves chrono-photographiques, AKA the Cinématographe, a combined motion-picture camera and projector.
Further reading
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinematograph
1946
ENIAC (the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator) the first practical, all-electronic computer was unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Electronics.
Further reading
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~chazelle/courses/BIB/eniac.pdf
1980
Apollo Computer is incorporated in Chelmsford, MA. From 1980 to 1987, Apollo was the largest manufacturer of network workstations. In 1989, Hewlett-Packard Company acquired Apollo in a $476 million deal.
Further reading
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Computer
2001
Microsoft gave the first public look at their new version of Windows, called Windows XP formerly codenamed Whistler.
Further reading