Day in Tech History Pre-Cap for October 17th – 23rd

Last Updated on February 24, 2024 10:44 am by Jeffrey Powers

Every Week, we’ll give you a Pre-cap of what will the Day in Tech History (www.dayintechhistory.com) will be talking about. Of course, the day in tech history is a daily rundown of technology history – 365 days a year. So there is always a new podcast to listen to!

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• October 17: 1985 – The 80386 DX is released by Intel
• October 18: 1985 – NES is released in New York
• October 19:  1985 – First Blockbuster opens
• October 20: 2004 – First Ubuntu Linux distribution is released
• October 21: 1986 – President Ronald Reagan signed the Electronic communications Privacy act in to law
• October 22: 1996 – Memorandum of Understanding
• October 23: 2000 – The iPod is introduced