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2005 London's transit system is bombed by terrorists, 56 deaths, 700 injured
1996 Television industry executives agree to adopt a ratings system 1996 Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan) 1995 Spanish Broadcasting System buys New York radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M 1994 Dwingeloo 1, near milky way system, discovered 1993 Donald Alexander, System director/producer (East Valley), dies at 79 1992 Arpad E Elo, Hungarian physicist (chess classification system), dies 1991 University of Manchester scientist announce finding a planet outside of solar system 1991 Apple releases Macintosh System 7.0 1990 Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal 1990 Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system 1989 Scandinavian Airlines System bans smoking on many flights 1989 Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St. Louis 1988 New York City Subway system adds new stations (Z line) 1988 System Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC) 1987 Wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73 1986 New York City transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token 1985 French government adopts equal electoral system 1984 1st planet outside our solar system discovered 1984 AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies 1983 Cryptographic Communications System and Method (RSA) patented 1983 Washington Public Power Supply System defaulted $2.25 billion 1983 Pioneer 10 is 1st man-made object to leave Solar System 1982 WQXI, Atlanta, is 1st to use Harris Corp AM stereo system 1982 AT&T agrees to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies 1982 Metropolitan Transportation Authority launches a 5 year plan to upgrade the New York City subway system 1982 TA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City subway system 1980 Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System 1979 European Monetary System is established, ECU created 1978 EG decides establishes EMS, European Monetary System 1978 Jimmy Carter more than doubles national park system size 1978 1st Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward and Randy's CBBS, Chicago) 1977 1st oil through the TransAlaska Pipeline System reach Valdez, Alaska 1975 Maxwell Maltz, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals, dies 1973 NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie quarterbacks, 1-19) 1971 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York) 1971 After 1,200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for decimal 1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House 1970 IBM announces System 370 computer 1970 Movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG" 1969 Linus Torvalds, born in Helsinki, Finland, inventor, software engineer, pioneered development of the Linux kernel, a free, open source software operating system 1968 Motion Picture Association of America introduces rating system (G, M, R, X) 1968 Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system 1968 178,000 employees of U.S. Bell Telephone System go on strike 1968 Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala 1967 International Monetary Fund reforms world monetary system 1966 Isaac Keesing, Dutch founder (System Keesing), dies at 80 1963 U.S. postal service institutes zip code system, Zone Improvement Plan 1961 British government begins decimal coin system 1960 1st atomic reactor system patents, J W Flora of Canoga Park, California 1960 John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years 1958 Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM 1956 Federal interstate highway system act signed 1954 President Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway system 1951 Leidse astronomers discover radio signal out of Milky Way system 1950 Anthony Lloyd, born in England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, gay rights supporter, voted against the Iraq War and against renewal of the Trident Nuclear Missile System 1950 NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense and defense) 1946 New York City transit begins using Pennsylvania system - Car # 744 on 8th Ave IND line 1945 Mark J. Green, born in Brooklyn, New York, lawyer and author, Closed Enterprise System 1944 Millie Jackson, born in Thompson, Georgia, model/singer, Get it out 'cha system 1943 Rolf Gehlhaar, born in Breslau, Poland, composer, known for computer-controlled composition, sound installations using Sound Space system 1943 Chicago Mayor Ed Kelly opens city's new subway system 1943 Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System 1942 Bill Terry resigns as supervisor of New York Giants minor league system 1938 Electronic television system patented by V. K. Zworykin 1938 Vladimir K Zworykin (Penn) receives patent on Iconoscope TV system 1938 AAU's decides to continue linear measuring system over metric 1937 U.S. Social Security system makes its 1st benefit payment 1933 1st police radio system operated, Eastchester Township, New York 1933 1st voice amplification system to be used in U.S. Senate 1933 Curom, Curacaose Broadcast System starts: Princess Juliana's speech 1933 Ray Dolby, sound expert/inventor, Dolby noise limiting system 1929 SF Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system 1929 Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam 1928 President Hoover speaks of "American system of rugged individualism" 1928 Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose) 1928 Ezra Sims, born in Birmingham, Alabama, composer of microtonal music, Joseph Maneri adopted his system of notation, composed in quarter tones, received Guggenheim Fellowship 1926 Warner Bros premieres Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system 1925 Nationwide road numbering system and U.S. shield marker adopted 1921 Jack Valenti, born in Houston, Texas, Motion Picture Association of America President, created MPAA film rating system 1921 Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins 1921 Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system 1914 Federal Reserve System formally opens 1913 Wilbur J. Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System 1912 Irving Fisher patents archiving system with index cards 1910 Josef Tal, born in Pinne, Poland, born Joseph Gruenthal, composer, pianist, played hard with Palestine Orchestra, developed notational system for computer-generated compositions at Hebrew University 1908 Aldrich Vineland Currency Act forerunner to Federal Reserve System 1906 1st freight delivery tunnel system begins, underneath Chicago 1903 Yerba Buena is 1st Key System ferry to cross San Francisco Bay 1902 James Van Alen, created Simplified Scoring System for tennis 1899 Maxwell Maltz, born in America, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals 1899 Ill Tel and Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system 1896 Vitascope system of movie projection 1st demonstrated (New York City) 1895 Bertil Lindblad, Swedish astronomer, Milky Way system 1895 Anaheim completes it's new electric light system 1888 Leroy Buffington patents a system to build skyscrapers 1886 Isaac Keesing, Dutch publisher/founder, System Keesing 1883 Utrecht begins water pipe system 1883 Pendleton Act creates basis of U.S. Civil Service system 1880 1st U.S. sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis 1879 1st automatic telephone switching system patented 1872 Phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires 1871 The decimal currency system is made uniform in Canada 1871 Congress establishes the civil service system 1866 Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in U.S. 1865 Fire alarm and police telegraph system put into operation in San Francisco 1863 Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency 1859 Georg Knorr, German engineer, brake system trains 1858 Canada begins using decimal currency system 1857 England passes an act putting Canada on the decimal currency system 1853 Alphonse Bertillon, born in France, anthropologist, devised crime ID system 1851 Melvil[le Louis K] Dewey, created Dewey Decimal System for libraries 1849 William Osler, born in Canada, physician/author, circulatory system 1843 Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US 1840 Penny Post mail system is starts 1837 Isaac Pitman introduces his steno system 1824 John Kerr, System physicist, electro-visually Kerr-effect 1809 Dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system 1809 Louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer, reading system for blind 1799 Metric system established in France 1794 James Adam, System architect (essays on agriculture), dies at about 64 1794 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist, System mycologicum 1793 France becomes 1st country to use the metric system 1790 U.S. Patent system forms 1789 French National Meeting ending feudal system 1786 Congress adopts silver dollar and decimal system of money 1722 Czar Peter the Great begins civil system 1688 Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher (Intellectual system), dies at 70? 1578 Tycho Brahe 1st sketches "Tychonic system" of solar system 1500 Alexander Alesius, Aless/Alane, System theologist/physician |
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