Tag: History Bites

  • The First Traffic Light Was in 1868!

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    The first traffic light appeared in 1868, long before cars were common! It was installed in London, England, outside the Houses of Parliament to manage horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians. Invented by John Peake Knight, a railway engineer, the system used gas-lit signals with red and green lights, operated manually by a police officer. Red meant…

  • The First Email Was Sent in 1971!

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    The first email ever sent happened in 1971, long before the internet as we know it existed. Ray Tomlinson, a computer programmer, sent the message between two computers sitting side by side at a research lab in Massachusetts. The computers were connected through ARPANET, an early network that laid the groundwork for the internet. Tomlinson…