This Day in History - fun facts about April 2nd
It's April 2nd. So what? At least yesterday was April Fools Day, right? Well, it turns out that in past years this day was very significant. Once again I did my research (meaning I googled the bloody thing) and found this...
1902: First Motion Picture Theatre Opens (LA)
Source: Perfect Movies
On April 2, 1902, the first motion picture theater announced its entrance into the world. The Electric Theatre, 262 South Main Street, Los Angeles, told the citizens of that city, which later was to become the motion picture capital of the world, that for the price of ten cents it would be glad to provide an hour's amusement in "a vaudeville of moving pictures" including "Capture of the Biddle Brothers" and "New York in a Blizzard." Business was so good on the opening night that matinées started the next day. In less than twenty-five years, there were to be more than 20,000 motion picture theatres in this country.
"The Electric" was the project of Thomas L. Tally of Los Angeles, the showman who many and many a year later was to figure again in screen history as one of the founders of First National Exhibitor's Circuit, now the world famous First National Pictures, Inc.
So this day marked the beginning of an opportunity for guys to do this.....
1987: IBM Introduces PS/2 And OS/2
Source: Wikipedia
I know what you ungrateful pricks are thinking. " So what? We have USB now!"
The Personal System/2 or PS/2 was IBM's third generation of personal computers released in 1987. The PS/2 line was created by IBM in an attempt to recapture control of the PC market by introducing an advanced yet proprietary architecture. IBM's considerable market presence plus the reliability of the PS/2 ensured that the systems would sell in relatively large numbers, especially to large businesses. However the other major manufacturers balked at IBM's licensing terms to develop and sell compatible hardware, particularly as the demanded royalties were on a per machine basis. Also the evolving Wintel architecture was seeing a period of dramatic reductions in price, and so these developments prevented the PS/2 from returning control of the PC market to IBM.
Due to the higher costs of the architecture, customers preferred competing PCs that extended the existing PC architecture instead of abandoning it for something new. However, many of the PS/2's innovations, such as the 16550 UART (serial port), 1440 KB 3.5-inch floppy disk format, 72-pin SIMMs, the PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports, and the VGA video standard, went on to become standards in the broader PC market.
The OS/2 operating system was announced at the same time as the PS/2 line and was intended to be the primary operating system for models with Intel 286 or later processors. However, at the time of the first shipments, only PC-DOS was available. OS/2 1.0 (text-mode only) and Microsoft's Windows 2.0 became available several months later. IBM also released AIX PS/2, a UNIX operating system for PS/2 models with Intel 386 or later processors.
So there. Take that, techies!
1989: Wrestlemania 5 - Hulk Hogan beats Macho Man "Savage"
Source: Historyorb.com
We added this one because we wouldn't be YeahISaidIt if we didn't include feats of awesomeness into our lists. Plus, this is Hulk Hogan we're talkin' about here...
1902: First Motion Picture Theatre Opens (LA)
Source: Perfect Movies
On April 2, 1902, the first motion picture theater announced its entrance into the world. The Electric Theatre, 262 South Main Street, Los Angeles, told the citizens of that city, which later was to become the motion picture capital of the world, that for the price of ten cents it would be glad to provide an hour's amusement in "a vaudeville of moving pictures" including "Capture of the Biddle Brothers" and "New York in a Blizzard." Business was so good on the opening night that matinées started the next day. In less than twenty-five years, there were to be more than 20,000 motion picture theatres in this country.
"The Electric" was the project of Thomas L. Tally of Los Angeles, the showman who many and many a year later was to figure again in screen history as one of the founders of First National Exhibitor's Circuit, now the world famous First National Pictures, Inc.
So this day marked the beginning of an opportunity for guys to do this.....
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1987: IBM Introduces PS/2 And OS/2
Source: Wikipedia
I know what you ungrateful pricks are thinking. " So what? We have USB now!"
"PS/2? That's so retro, man!"
The Personal System/2 or PS/2 was IBM's third generation of personal computers released in 1987. The PS/2 line was created by IBM in an attempt to recapture control of the PC market by introducing an advanced yet proprietary architecture. IBM's considerable market presence plus the reliability of the PS/2 ensured that the systems would sell in relatively large numbers, especially to large businesses. However the other major manufacturers balked at IBM's licensing terms to develop and sell compatible hardware, particularly as the demanded royalties were on a per machine basis. Also the evolving Wintel architecture was seeing a period of dramatic reductions in price, and so these developments prevented the PS/2 from returning control of the PC market to IBM.
Due to the higher costs of the architecture, customers preferred competing PCs that extended the existing PC architecture instead of abandoning it for something new. However, many of the PS/2's innovations, such as the 16550 UART (serial port), 1440 KB 3.5-inch floppy disk format, 72-pin SIMMs, the PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports, and the VGA video standard, went on to become standards in the broader PC market.
The OS/2 operating system was announced at the same time as the PS/2 line and was intended to be the primary operating system for models with Intel 286 or later processors. However, at the time of the first shipments, only PC-DOS was available. OS/2 1.0 (text-mode only) and Microsoft's Windows 2.0 became available several months later. IBM also released AIX PS/2, a UNIX operating system for PS/2 models with Intel 386 or later processors.
So there. Take that, techies!
1989: Wrestlemania 5 - Hulk Hogan beats Macho Man "Savage"
Source: Historyorb.com
We added this one because we wouldn't be YeahISaidIt if we didn't include feats of awesomeness into our lists. Plus, this is Hulk Hogan we're talkin' about here...
pictured: Hulk Hogan when he was a baby
On April 2, 1989, Hulk Hogan and "Macho Man" Randy Savage, decided to settle a score at WrestleMania V for the WWF Championship. Although Elizabeth (Randy's girl) was stationed in her "neutral corner" for the match, she was eventually ejected from ringside after too many complications were caused by her attempting to assist both men at different points in the match. After an even match between both, Hogan eventually prevailed after kicking out of a Savage's diving elbow drop before "hulking up" and executing the leg drop to become WWF Champion for the second time.
So the next time you think today is insignificant, remember this: "yesterday is history, tomorow is a mystery but today is a gift. That is why it is called the 'present'. "...
best advice I've ever heard from a turtle. The worst one being "Kawabanga!"
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