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Brain: The First Computer Virus

Considered to be the first computer virus, Brain was released in its first form in January 1986.  The virus affected the IBM PC by...

The First Television Commercial

The first television advertisement was broadcast in the United States on July 1, 1941. The watchmaker Bulova paid $9 for a placement on New...

Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (March 9, 1934 –  March 27, 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. On  April 12, 1961, aboard the Vostok 3KA-3 (Vostok 1),...
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