April 9, or Computer Mouse Day
Zodiac Sign Aries
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Aries, April 9. Born on this day have an ingenious gift to translate the craziest ideas into actions, to turn fantasies into reality. They even manage to extract good dividends from this. Fortunately, the ideas of these people are always socially oriented, and therefore their implementation is for the benefit of others.
Those born on April 9 have a special and often funny style of thinking, but they cannot be called idle dreamers. Quite the opposite: they are not devoid of pragmatism and unmistakably guess the moment that is suitable for the implementation of the best ideas.
Not being overly sociable, they see their ideas as the main link between themselves, family, friends and colleagues.
We can say that the world in which they live is a closed space. Even if they have a desire to share their personal observations with the closest people, they do not always succeed.
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Aries men born on April 9:
- can be proud of the following characteristics:
- realism,
- dynamism,
- energy,
- devotion,
- bright,
- charismatic,
- active,
- self-confident,
- distinguished by an extraordinary temperament,
- constantly captivated by plans and ideas.
Aries women born on April 9:
- endowed with such facets of temperament:
- independence,
- passion,
- determination,
- always on the move,
- doing a thousand things at once.
- As a freedom-loving sign, she values independence and pride in the opposite sex.
Main event
Douglas Engelbart was awarded a prize for the creation of a computer mouse
April 9, 1989
Douglas Engelbart
The author of the idea and the developer of the concept of the familiar computer mouse was Douglas Engelbart. In 1963, Engelbart founded a research laboratory in which several computer projects were launched at once. The most notable of these were the NLS (oNLine System), a hypertext electronic database and a specially designed "mouse" device, which were not intended for general use until the mid-1980s.
NLS eventually acquired new opportunities.
It had the first graphical user interface in the history of computers based on pop-up windows (the author of the idea was Douglas), e-mailer, different options for printing text. In the program there were even built-in opportunities for holding teleconferences, which seemed to be something fantastic in the 1960s.
And when December 9, 1968 Douglas Engelbart presented the final version of his NLS at a major computer conference in San Francisco, it was like a thunder from the blue sky. Since then, this date is considered the birthday of a computer mouse.
In the 1970s, Douglas's laboratory participated in the ARPA project to create a computer network, and NLS was used to create the first online database. It was Stanford, in which Engelbart worked, became the second node of ARPANET.
In the 1980s, Douglas worked for a couple of corporations, but he was not allowed to conduct free research there. Work strictly on schedule and only on the products planned in advance - this life was not for him, and in 1986 Engelbart permanently left the corporate business, together with his daughter, having founded his own company Bootstrap Institute. There he could promote his thoughts, philosophy and ideas to the masses, or engage in research of interesting things.
... For the invention of the computer mouse on April 9, 1989 Engelbart received a prize of $10 000, and all the fees he made as a first contribution for a modest country house.
In 1997, Douglas Engelbart's contribution to the development of computer technology was rated higher: he was awarded the Lemelson Prize (500 000 dollars) for his outstanding contribution to computer technology, and a little later - the prestigious Turing Award.
Also on April 9...
1682 - Robert de la Salle erected a cross and proclaimed the Mississippi Delta to be the possession of Louis XIV, King of France. In honor of the king, the territory was named Louisiana.
1699 - Tsar Peter I issues a decree “On the observation of cleanliness in Moscow and on punishment for throwing litter and all litter on the streets and alleys”.
1799 - English chemist Humphry Davy discovered the anesthetic properties of laughing gas.
1821 - Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, French poet, was born.
1860 - French inventor Edward-Leon Scott de Martinville made the first recording, which is stored in the Paris archive.
1866 - ''The Civil Rights Act'' granted all residents of the United States, except Indians, equal rights.
1898 - Paul Robson, American singer-bass, actor, public figure was born.
1926 - Hugh Hefner was born, founder of the Playboy Empire. So, ''he has gunpowder in the old fires'', he ( 86 years old) proved, having married on December 31, 2012, the young model Crystal Harris ( 26 years old).
1930 - A videophone was first shown to the public in New York. The connection established between Bell Laboratories and AT & T allowed the interlocutors not only to hear, but also to see each other.
1933 - Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor, was born.
1933 - born Jean Maria Volonte, Italian actor.
1940 - Nazi invasion of Norway and Denmark. The beginning of the Danish-Norwegian operation during the Second World War.
1963 - Winston Churchill became the first foreigner to whom the United States Congress awarded the title of honorary citizen of the United States.
1966 - The so-called ''Index of Prohibited Books'', which existed for more than four centuries, was officially abolished by the Vatican. It included objectionable churches works of theologians, scholars and fiction writers.
1966 - Cynthia Nixon, American actress ("Sex and the City") was born.
1970 - Paul McCartney announced that he would no longer collaborate with John Lennon, putting an end to the existence of the Beatles as a group.
1990 - Kristen Stewart was born, an American actress, she is Bella Swan from the acclaimed “Twilight Saga”.
1991 - adoption by the Supreme Council of Georgia of the Act on the restoration of state independence.
2003 - The European Parliament approved the entry of 10 new members into the European Union: Cyprus, Malta, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia.
2005 - The wedding ceremony of the Crown Prince of Great Britain, Prince of Wales Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles took place.
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