Madison College Online Portfolio
1136
( THE WIZARD MERLIN SHOWS HE MEANS BUSINESS BY DESIGNING A NEW HAT WITH A MOON AND STARS ON IT. )
1487
( LEONARDO DA VINCI ENVISIONS A TIME WHEN MEN WITH TWO PAIRS OF ARMS AND LEGS ARE FOREVER CONFINED IN A BIG BUBBLE. )
1440
( Johannes Guttenberg invents the first printing press, involving movable cast metal type. Handwritten books soon become a thing of the past. It will also go down as the most important invention of the second millenium. )
1776
( JOHN HANCOCK SIGNS AMERICA’S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDANCE IN A BOLD 32 POINT FONT. )
1827
( JOSEPH NIEPCE creates the first photograph by coating a metal plate with bitumen to make an engraving on top. It took him eight hours to develop each photograph and each image would only last a short while. )
1907
( THE UNITED STATES DECIdES THE AMERICAN FLAG LOOKS BETTER WITH 46 STARS, FINALLY ACCEPTING Oklahoma INTO THE UNION. )
1921
( AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS OF DESIGNING INK BLOTS ON CARDS, HERMANN RORSCHACH GIVES UP, REALIZING PEOPLE WILL FOREVER ONLY SEE SEX. )
1965
( LAWRENCE ROBERTS connects Massachusetts with California, via computers using telephone lines. Proving possible; further research goes into our now current World Wide Web. )
1967
( Milton GLASER CREATES ICONIC BOB DYLAN POSTER PROVING ONCE AND FOR ALL THAT MILTON GLASER WAS ON DRUGS. )
1969
( JIM HENSEN SHOWS his love for GREEN socks and ping pong balls to THE PBS CHILDREN’S show Sesame Street. )
1984
( APPLE COMPUTERS releases the Macintosh. With four hundred KB of memory, it is the first computer to have a graphic user interface, leading the way for future programs like Adobe’s Creative Suite. )
1985
( Dee snider, of THE BAND Twisted sister, hides his fear of barber SHOPS by helping to create the ICONIC 80’s hair band STYLE. )
1995
( KYLE COOPER ACCIDENTLY HITS A NUMBER KEY WHiLE TYPING OPENING CREDITS FOR THE MOVIE SE7EN, DECIDES TO JUST ROLL WITH IT. )