Today is 10th April, 09 and here’s what happened today in tech…

1 – 1790 U.S. Patent system forms.

2 – 1912 RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st and last voyage… giving content to the Titanic series on entertainment media.

3 – 1963 Thresher, U.S. atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston.

4 – 1972 U.S., U.S.S.R. and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons… Hmm… Technology is not so bad after all..

5 - 1981 France performs nuclear test.

6 – 1981 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded.

7 – 1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-51-B mission.

8 – 1989 Intel corp announces shipment of 80-486 chip.