John Glenn orbits Earth and Apple Release Mac OS 10.1.3. All on today’s On This Day from TEST Huddle.
1962 – John Glenn orbits Earth
John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth. Aboard the Mercury-Atlas 6, Glenn orbits the Earth three times in four hours, fifty-five minutes, at a maximum altitude of about one hundred sixty-two miles and at an orbital velocity of approximately seventeen thousand five hundred miles per hour. NASA accomplishes the landmark using an IBM 7030 Stretch supercomputer.
2002 – Apple Release Mac OS 10.1.3
Apple Computer releases version 10.1.3 of the Mac OS X operating system. The new features of the latest version include support for several CD burners and digital cameras.
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