ON THIS DAY
In 1951, Univac I, the world's first commercial computer, designed for the U.S. Census Bureau, was introduced.

On June 14, 1951, Remington Rand delivered its first computer, UNIVAC I, to the U.S. Census Bureau. It weighed 16,000 pounds, used 5,000 vacuum tubes, and could perform about 1,000 calculations per second.

UNIVAC, the first commercially produced digital computer, is ...

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1951 | Timeline of Computer History | Computer History Museum

https://www.computerhistory.org › timeline › 1951

First Univac 1 delivered to US Census Bureau ... J. Lyons & Company introduce LEO-1 ... and was performing useful work before any other commercial computer system in the world. ... Engineer Raymond Stuart-Williams turned Bennet's design into an actual machine that debuted at the Festival on April 12th, 1951. Ferranti ...

UNIVAC and the First Census Bureau Computer: A Brief History

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Mar 31, 2016 - The Remington Rand Univac was the first commercial computer produced in ... 31, 1951, the U.S. Census Bureau signed a contract for the first ... Advances in computer technology during the Second World War made for faster ...

The UNIVAC Computer History and Development - ThoughtCo

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Mar 5, 2019 - The UNIVAC computer was the first commercially available computer ... proceeded badly, and it was not until 1948 that the actual design and ... On March 31, 1951, the Census Bureau accepted delivery of the first UNIVAC computer. ... the first American manufacturers of a commercial computer system.

 

On this date in history:

In 1623, in the first breach-of-promise lawsuit in the United States, the Rev. Greville Pooley sued Cicely Jordan in Charles City, Va., for jilting him for another man.

In 1775, the Continental Congress established the Army as the first U.S. military service.

In 1777, the Stars and Stripes became the national U.S. flag.

In 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to broadcast a message over the radio. The occasion was the dedication of the Francis Scott Key Memorial in Baltimore.

In 1940, German troops marched down Paris' Champs-Élysées as Allied forces abandoned the French capital.

In 1982, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced a cease-fire with Argentina, bringing to an end the Falkland Islands War after 74 days.

In 1985, Shiite Muslim gunmen highjacked TWA Flight 847 carrying 153 passengers and crew from Athens to Rome. The ordeal ended 17 days later in Beirut, where one of the hostages, a U.S. sailor, was killed.

In 1998, the Chicago Bulls won their sixth NBA title in eight years and third in a row, defeating the Utah Jazz in the championship series.

In 2003, the Czech Republic voted overwhelmingly to join the European Union.

In 2013, Hassan Rouhani was elected president of Iran.

In 2017, Ireland's parliament elected Leo Varadkar, the country's youngest and first openly gay prime minister.

InIn 2017, a gunman opened fire at a Republican team charity baseball practice in suburban Washington, D.C, seriously injuring House Republican Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana. The shooting also left three others injured by gunfire and two more sustained injuries trying to flee.

ON THIS DAY THE GRENFELL TOWER FIRE

A 24-story building containing more than 120 flats lies in ruins after catching fire in the early hours of June 14, 2017, killing nearly 80 people. File Photo Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo

Grenfell Tower: What happened - BBC News

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Just before 01:00 on 14 June, fire broke out in the kitchen of a fourth floor flat at the 23 storey tower block in North Kensington, West London. Within minutes, the ...

Grenfell Tower: Survivors say 'nothing has changed' - BBC News

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   mins ago - The survivors of Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people, have said "nothing has changed" three years after the disaster. Those who escaped ...

UK marks anniversary of Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 ...

https://www.aljazeera.com › news › 2020/06 › uk-marks-anniversary-gren...

2 hours ago - UK commemorates the 2017 blaze in a public-housing block that turned into the worst domestic blaze since World War II.

Combustible cladding on London's Grenfell Tower key to ...

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Oct 30, 2019 - "In its origin, the fire at Grenfell Tower was no more than a typical kitchen fire," the retired High Court judge wrote. Having broken out late at night ...

SEE https://plawiuk.blogspot.com/search?q=GRENFELL

ON THIS DAY
In 2019, working women across Switzerland went on strike to protest what they said was the government's resistance to gender equality and equal pay.

Swiss women strike for more money, time and respect - BBC ...

https://www.bbc.com › news › world-europe-48615911

Jun 14, 2019 - Women across Switzerland have taken to the streets to protest against what they say is the country's unacceptably slow pace to equality.

Switzerland women's strike: thousands walk out to protest ...

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Jun 14, 2019 - “In fact we've seen an increase in the gender pay gap in recent years.” Swiss women are protesting for equal rights and equal pay today and I am ...

Missing: resistance ‎| Must include: resistance

Swiss women strike to protest gender pay gap, inequality - UPI ...

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Jun 14, 2019 - Working women across Switzerland went on strike Friday to protest what they say is the government's resistance to gender equality and equal ...

Switzerland Women's Strike: Thousands Protest For ... - NPR

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Jun 14, 2019 - Respect." In the capital city, Bern, female parliamentarians walked out of a Federal Council session to join the protests outside, Lisa Schlein ...

Missing: resistance ‎| Must include: resistance

Swiss Women Strike Nationwide to Protest Inequalities - The ...

https://www.nytimes.com › World › Europe

Jun 14, 2019 - Thousands of women rallied across

On This Day: 'Under God' added to Pledge of Allegiance

COLD WAR REVISIONISM

On June 14, 1954, the phrase "under God" was formally added to U.S. Pledge of Allegiance.

   

Under God Added To Pledge Of Allegiance - Business Insider

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Jun 14, 2014 - Eisenhower signed it into law on June 14, 1954. A story announcing the news in the Washington Post quoted him as saying the new version 

'Under God': Our American Legacy - Knights of Columbus

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Jun 1, 2014 - In 1942, Congress officially recognized the U.S. Pledge, which had undergone ... meetings in the United States by adding “under God” after the words “one nation.” ... “To omit the words 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance,” Docherty ... On June 14, 1954, President Eisenhower signed the congressional ...

ON THIS DAY 
In 1933, the first Superman comic book -- Action Comic No. 1 -- was published.

Action Comics: The 80-Year History of the First Superhero Comic

For eighty years, Action Comics has been Superman's home. Here, we revisit the key moments from the title's 1000 issues.

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