2007
The iPhone is revealed. On stage in San Francisco, Steve Jobs showed the first iPhone, a phone, music player and internet device in one.
Wikipedia: IPhone (1st generation)Photo: Rafael Fernandez / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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9 January in history.
5 moments from 1793 to 2007: discovery, creativity and courage, each with a source to read more.
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1793
Balloon flight over America
French aeronaut Jean-Pierre Blanchard rose into the sky over Philadelphia in a hydrogen balloon, the first balloon flight in the United States.
Wikipedia: Jean-Pierre BlanchardWikipedia: Balloon
Photo: J. Newton, sculpsit ; R. Livesay, pinxit / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
1923
The autogyro flies
Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva made the first flight in an autogyro, an aircraft lifted by a freely spinning rotor.
Wikipedia: Juan de la CiervaWikipedia: Autogyro
Photo: Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
1962
A rocket for the Moon
NASA announced plans to build a giant rocket, later called the Saturn V, powerful enough to carry astronauts to the Moon.
Wikipedia: Saturn VWikipedia: Apollo program
Photo: NASA / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
1992
The first planets beyond the Sun
Astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced two planets circling a distant pulsar, the first confirmed planets outside our solar system.
Wikipedia: Aleksander WolszczanWikipedia: Pulsar planetWikipedia: Exoplanet
Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech / 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.