First Cable Television In The United States

"In 1949, Cable television was first introduced in the United States"

• The original use of cable was to serve communities with poor over-the-air signals reception. 

• Cable TV adopted a redistribution system with a large community antenna connected by cable to individual homes.

                                            

Source: "Television." Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History, Second Edition. Great Barrington: Berkshire Group, 2011. Credo Reference. 9 Mar. 2011. Web. 29 June 2013. <http://www.credoreference.com/entry/berkwhist/television>

 

Who Invented Mouse

• In 1968, Douglas Engelbart and his colleagues at the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, California

• Mr. Engelbart also the pioneer of  interactive computing with their online system NLS. 

• In a legendary live public demonstration of NLS in 1968 at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco, Engelbart and his colleagues demonstrated the mouse

                                                                       
Source: "Mouse." Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction. Great Barrington: Berkshire Group, 2004. Credo Reference. 2 Apr. 2005. Web. 26 June 2013. <http://www.credoreference.com/entry/berkencyhci/mouse>.

FIRST Black General in U.S Air Force

• Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr.(1912–2002) became the first black Air Force general on October 27. 

• He also became the first black Air Force officer to complete a solo flight in 1941 and the first black man to command an airbase.

                                                               

 Source: "Air Force." Black Firsts. Canton: Visible Ink, 2003. N. pag. Credo Reference. 31 July 2006. Web. 26 June 2013               <http://www.credoreference.com/entry/blackfirsts/air_force>.

World's Smallest/Tiniest Bird

Hummingbird is the World's TINIEST Bird!

Cool facts: 

• Hummingbirds are very intelligent; they can remember every flower they have been to, and how long it will take a flower to refill

• Tongue is grooved like the shape of a “W”

• Heart beats up to 1260 times per minute

• Weight anywhere between 2-20 grams

• Body smaller than a penny

                                                

                                   Source: http://www.worldofhummingbirds.com/facts.php