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The BBC launches as a private company, 100 years ago

Radio Times
The first edition of The Radio Times; September 1923. BBC.

A reorganized public corporation received its first Royal Charter on 01 January 1927.

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The NeXT computer is born

NeXT workstation
NeXT workstation. Science Museum Group.

“Steven P. Jobs is back.” ~ NYT

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First woman to pilot an airplane across the U.S.

Laura Ingalls
Laura Ingalls and Lockheed 'Air Express' NR-974-Y. Monash University.

In 1942, a jury convicted Ingalls of acting as an unregistered agent of Nazi Germany.