EbonyExperience
Senior member
a little early because I need to sleep early tonight 😉
January 9, 1995 - Microsoft introduces a new product, Microsoft Bob, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Bob, a much-ballyhooed "social interface," converted the user's desktop into a cartoon office complete with phone, desk, file cabinets, a date book, and an animated "assistant" to help coach the user through computer tasks. The product flopped when the public failed to become interested in computer advice from adorable animated characters. The spirit of Bob lives, though, in the animated paper clip that offers pointers to users of Microsoft Word. The addition of "assistants" was meant to give basic software users access to the increasingly sophisticated but often little-known features included in the application.
January 9, 1985 - Time, Inc. agrees to sell NYT Cable for $420 million, to a group led by J. Bruce Llewellyn, the largest cable TV acquisition by an African American.
January 9 1859 - Carrie Lane Chapman (1859-1947) was born in Ripon, Wisconsin. She founded the National League of Women Voters in 1919.
January 9, 1913 - Richard Nixon born. Sandwiched between Mao and the Khamer Rouge, Nixon (Macnamara and Kissinger), through the bombing of Laos and Cambodia, is a contender for one of the greatest mass murderer of the late 20th c.
January 9, 1861 - The first shots of the US Civil War were shot when the Steamship Star of the West was attacked by Confederate Troops in Charlston.
January 9, 1958 - Japanese Cars Arrive in California
The Toyota and Datsun (later Nissan) brand names made their first appearances in the United States at the Imported Motor Car Show in Los Angeles, California. Previously, these auto makers had sold in the U.S. only under American brand names, as part of joint ventures with Ford and GM.
January 9, 1995 - Microsoft introduces a new product, Microsoft Bob, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Bob, a much-ballyhooed "social interface," converted the user's desktop into a cartoon office complete with phone, desk, file cabinets, a date book, and an animated "assistant" to help coach the user through computer tasks. The product flopped when the public failed to become interested in computer advice from adorable animated characters. The spirit of Bob lives, though, in the animated paper clip that offers pointers to users of Microsoft Word. The addition of "assistants" was meant to give basic software users access to the increasingly sophisticated but often little-known features included in the application.
January 9, 1985 - Time, Inc. agrees to sell NYT Cable for $420 million, to a group led by J. Bruce Llewellyn, the largest cable TV acquisition by an African American.
January 9 1859 - Carrie Lane Chapman (1859-1947) was born in Ripon, Wisconsin. She founded the National League of Women Voters in 1919.
January 9, 1913 - Richard Nixon born. Sandwiched between Mao and the Khamer Rouge, Nixon (Macnamara and Kissinger), through the bombing of Laos and Cambodia, is a contender for one of the greatest mass murderer of the late 20th c.
January 9, 1861 - The first shots of the US Civil War were shot when the Steamship Star of the West was attacked by Confederate Troops in Charlston.
January 9, 1958 - Japanese Cars Arrive in California
The Toyota and Datsun (later Nissan) brand names made their first appearances in the United States at the Imported Motor Car Show in Los Angeles, California. Previously, these auto makers had sold in the U.S. only under American brand names, as part of joint ventures with Ford and GM.
