On this day in 2002, the original Xbox was released in Europe and Australia.

On this day in 1986, Microsoft went public. The company sold 2.5 million shares by the end of the day.

On this day in 2008, Hulu launched in the United States, offering free streaming of movies and TV shows.

On this day in 2005, Super Mario 64 DS was released in Europe.

On this day in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the world's first telephone call.

On this day in 1996, Super Mario RPG was released in Japan 🇯🇵

On this day in 1983, IBM introduced the PC XT.

On this day in 2000, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Firestorm was released in the United States 🇺🇸

On this day in 2011, Pokémon Black and White were released in North America.

On this day in 1975, the Homebrew Computer Club held its first meeting. Steve Wozniak would eventually demonstrate a prototype of the Apple 1 at the club in 1976.

On this day in 2000, the Sony PlayStation 2 was released in Japan 🇯🇵

On this day in 2017, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was released for the Wii U and Nintendo Switch.

20 years ago today, Mega Man Powered Up for the PSP was released in Japan 🇯🇵

On this day in 2008, AOL discontinued support for all versions of the Netscape browser.

On this day in 2003, Pac-Man World 2 for the PlayStation 2 was released in Europe.

On this day in 1998, Apple discontinued the Newton line of products, just 5 years after the first model was introduced in 1993.

On this day in 1966, the first Saturn 1B rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

On this day in 2010, Apple announced that the iTunes Store topped 10 billion song sales.

On this day in 1955, Steve Jobs was born.

20 years ago today, Apple announced that 1 billion songs had been downloaded from the iTunes Store. The billionth song purchaser received a huge prize package from Apple: a 20-inch iMac, Ten 60GB fifth generation iPods, and a $10,000 iTunes Store gift card.

On this day in 2001, Apple introduced the Blue Dalmatian and Flower Power iMac G3s.

On this day in 2014, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was released in North America.

On this day in 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.

On this day in 2008, Toshiba announced the discontinuation of HD DVD development and manufacturing, a decision that ended the format war with Blu-ray.

On this day in 2015, Pokémon Shuffle for the Nintendo 3DS was released.

On this day in 2000, Windows 2000 was released.

10 years ago today, Street Fighter V was released.

On this day in 1999, Linux users gathered in Foster City, CA to protest Microsoft for their inability to issue refunds for unused Windows 98 licenses.

On this day in 2005, the YouTube.com domain was registered.

On this day in 2015, the New Nintendo 3DS XL was released in North America.

On this day in 1990, Super Mario Bros. 3 was released in North America.

On this day in 2008, Yahoo rejected Microsoft's bid to purchase the company, saying that the $44.6 billion offer "substantially undervalues" the company. 8 years later, Verizon acquired Yahoo's core business for $4.83 billion.

On this day in 1997, Mario Kart 64 was released in North America.

On this day in 2018, the Apple HomePod was released.

On this day in 2005, Google Maps was launched.

On this day in 1997, Apple Computer completed its acquisition of NeXT.

20 years ago today, Drill Dozer was released in North America.

On this day in 2001, Microsoft officially announced that Windows XP would be the name for their upcoming OS release.

On this day in 2004, Thefacebook was launched.

40 years ago today, Steve Jobs made a multi-million dollar investment in Pixar and became the newly independent company's chairman.

30 years ago today, Gil Amelio became CEO of Apple Computer.

On this day in 2012, Facebook filed for its initial public offering.

On this day in 2008, Super Smash Bros. Brawl was released in Japan 🇯🇵

On this day in 2007, Windows Vista was released.

On this day in 1988, the first version of Tetris to be published in the United States was released by Spectrum HoloByte.

Today we remember the crew aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, who lost their lives when the shuttle exploded shortly after liftoff on this day in 1986.

20 years ago today, Western Union discontinued its telegram service after 145 years.

On this day in 1983, Lotus 1-2-3 went on sale.

On this day in 1961, President John F. Kennedy delivered the first live televised presidential news conference.

On this day in 1984, the original Macintosh was unveiled.