2014 Event Today marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the Apple Macintosh; the computer had a 9-inch monochrome display, 128 KB of memory and a 3.5" slot for a floppy disk 1991 Death Gary Gears, Chicago disk jockey, dies at 46 of a heart attack 1978 Event Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia 1967 Event ATS-3 launched by U.S. to take 1st pictures of full Earth disk 1940 Death Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80
