Technology evolves one breakthrough at a time, and every date has played a part in that progress. This page highlights tech events that happened on each day of the year — from product launches and scientific innovations to discoveries that reshaped how the world communicates, works, and creates. Explore how today’s date, and every date on the calendar, helped drive technological change.
Select a date below to see what happened in tech history on that day.
First Computer Mouse Patent
January 1, 1961
Apple Unveils the iPhone
January 2, 2007
1994: Netscape IPO Launches Web Era
January 3, 1994
The Launch of Google
January 4, 1999
Yahoo! Launches as Search Engine
January 5, 1994
1982: Launch of Commodore 64
January 6, 1982
2004: Facebook Launched
January 7, 2004
Apple’s iPhone Unveiling
January 8, 2007
2014: Sony Launches PlayStation Now
January 9, 2014
2010, Google Acquires Android
January 10, 2010
The Launch of Intel’s Dual-Core Processors
January 11, 2006
The Launch of the iPad
January 12, 2010
2009: Google Launches Chrome OS
January 13, 2009
Facebook Founded
January 14, 2004
Microsoft Antitrust Case Ruling
January 15, 2001
January 16, 1995: Windows 95 Beta Released
January 16, 1995
2011: HP Announces PC Spin-Off
January 17, 2011
GitHub’s Milestone
January 18, 2012
2001: Apple Introduces Mac OS X
January 19, 2001
2006: MacBook Pro Launch
January 20, 2006
2008: Apple’s iPhone SDK Launch
January 21, 2008
Google Founders Register Domain
January 22, 1998
1993: Intel’s Pentium Processor Launch
January 23, 1993
1994: Launch of the PlayStation
January 24, 1994
2004: Opportunity Rover Lands on Mars
January 25, 2004
2011: Mozilla Releases Firefox 4
January 26, 2011
2014, Facebook Acquires Oculus
January 27, 2014
Google Goes Public
January 28, 2004
Google Launches Google Fiber
January 29, 2010
Windows Vista Hits Consumers
January 30, 2007
1958: Explorer 1 Launches
January 31, 1958
