1700

Daniel Bernoulli, a swiss mathematician and physicist (who belonged to the famous and overacheiving Bernoulli family, no doubt) was born. This man is knows for his contributions towards fluid mechanics.

Further reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Bernoulli

1828

Jules Gabriel Verne, the celebrated novelist is born. This was the man that took science fiction to new and vast frontiers.

Further reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne

1945

A calculator patent is filed for the Automatic Sequence Control Calculator, commonly known as the Harvard Mark I, an early computer. The Mark I was a huge electro-mechanical computer that could perform the four basic arithmetic functions and handle 23 decimal places. A multiplication took about five seconds, though.

Further reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Mark_I

1963

The first full color television program in the world, publicly advertised, is broadcast in Mexico City by XHGC-TV, Channel 5, due to technical breakthrough advances made by Mexican engineer Guillermo González Camarena.

Further reading https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Camarena

1996

The massive Internet collaboration “24 Hours in Cyberspace” largest till that date, takes place. It was so early in the history of the mainstream Internet, I bet none of you remember this.

Further reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Hours_in_Cyberspace

2005

Google Maps is launched to the public. I never had to ask for directions again. Not that I did before.

Further reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Maps