1973
The first mobile phone call. Standing on a New York street, Martin Cooper of Motorola rang a rival engineer using a handheld phone that weighed over a kilogram.
Wikipedia: Martin Cooper (inventor)Photo: GS200 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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3 April in history.
5 moments from 1860 to 2010: discovery, creativity and courage, each with a source to read more.
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1860
The Pony Express rides out
Riders on fast horses began carrying mail between Missouri and California in about ten days, swapping horses at stations along the way.
Photo: pony express / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
1933
Flying over Everest
Two British pilots, Lord Clydesdale and David McIntyre, flew open-cockpit planes over the top of Mount Everest for the first time.
Wikipedia: Houston–Mount Everest flight expedition
Photo: Rdevany / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
1984
India's first astronaut
Rakesh Sharma flew to space aboard a Soviet Soyuz. Asked how India looked from above, he answered with a line from a famous poem: "better than the whole world".
Photo: Subhav Sharma / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
2010
The iPad goes on sale
Apple's first tablet computer reached shops in the United States and helped make touch-screen tablets an everyday thing.
Wikipedia: IPad (1st generation)
Photo: Evan-Amos / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Moments chosen for discovery, creativity and courage. Each one links to a source where you can read more; photos are credited to their owners.