1976
A perfect 10. Fourteen-year-old Nadia Comăneci scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics. The scoreboard could only show it as 1.00.
Wikipedia: Nadia ComăneciPhoto: Nuță Lucian / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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18 July in history.
5 moments from 1334 to 1992: discovery, creativity and courage, each with a source to read more.
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1334
Giotto's bell tower
The first stone was laid for the new bell tower of Florence Cathedral, designed by the painter Giotto.
Photo: Thermos / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5)
1862
Dent Blanche is climbed
Climbers reached the top of Dent Blanche, one of the high peaks of the Swiss Alps, for the first time.
Photo: Carsten Steger / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
1968
Intel is founded
Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore founded Intel in California. Its chips went on to power most personal computers.
Wikipedia: IntelWikipedia: Gordon Moore
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1992
The first photo on the web
A photo of a comedy band of CERN staff, Les Horribles Cernettes, became one of the first pictures posted on the World Wide Web.
Wikipedia: Les Horribles Cernettes
Photo: European Organization for Nuclear Research Organisation européenne pour la recherche nu… / 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.