Today is 14th April, 09 and here’s what happened today in tech…

1 - 1894 was the year for the first public showing of Edison’s kinetoscope (moving pictures).

2 - I912 The Titanic launched on 31 May 1911, on route from Southampton to New York with 2200 passengers, strikes Iceberg off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and sinks. (1500+ death toll).

3 – 1923 Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters.

4 – 1926 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1095 Tulipa.

5 - 1933 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2856.

6 – 1942 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2501 Lohja.

7 - 1948 A flash of light is observed in the crater Plato on the Moon.

8 – 1981 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth.