Today is 30th March, 09 and here’s what happened today in tech…

1 – Today in 1842 – Anesthesia is used for the first time in an operation by Dr. Crawford Long.

2 - Hymen Lipman patents a pencil with an attached eraser on 30th, March, 1858.

3 – This day in 1951 – Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.

4 – On 30th, March, 2005 – Rutgers researchers have found a potential way to create hydrogen on demand for a fuel cell.

5 – Today in 2006 – Marcos Pontes is the first Brazilian astronaut in space.