1995
The first wiki. Programmer Ward Cunningham opened WikiWikiWeb, a website anyone could edit. The idea later inspired Wikipedia.
Wikipedia: WikiWikiWebPhoto: Carrigg Photography for the Wikimedia Foundation / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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25 March in history.
5 moments from 1655 to 1995: discovery, creativity and courage, each with a source to read more.
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1655
Huygens finds Titan
Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch astronomer, spotted Titan, the biggest of Saturn's moons.
Wikipedia: Titan (moon)Wikipedia: Christiaan Huygens
Photo: Caspar Netscher / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
1807
Britain bans the slave trade
A new law banned the Atlantic slave trade throughout the British Empire, after a long campaign by abolitionists.
Wikipedia: Slave Trade Act 1807Wikipedia: Abolitionism in the United Kingdom
Photo: Sodacan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
1807
The first passenger railway
The Oystermouth Railway in Wales began carrying paying passengers, in horse-drawn carriages on rails.
Wikipedia: Swansea and Mumbles Railway
Photo: Unknown author / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
1948
The first tornado forecast
Two weather officers at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma correctly predicted that a tornado would hit the base. It did, and they had warned people in time.
Wikipedia: 1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes
Photo: Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Moments chosen for discovery, creativity and courage. Each one links to a source where you can read more; photos are credited to their owners.