July 1: on this day in history
A few events that happened on July 1. You do not need to know them all; curiosity is enough.
Historical events
- 1858Darwin's and Wallace's papers on evolution were read at the Linnean Society in London.
- 1874The Sholes and Glidden typewriter went on sale; it was among the first commercially successful typewriters.
- 1908SOS was adopted as the international distress signal used by ships.
- 1979Sony launched the Walkman, a portable cassette music player.
- 2004NASA and ESA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft entered orbit around Saturn.
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