The information superhighway was unleased on this day in pop culture history. The World Wide Web was just starting and there was no going back. Hang on because it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
1991 -WWW: Welcome to the Information Superhighway
While we can’t live without it today, it wasn’t that long ago when we were first introduced to the World Wide Web. On this day in 1991, Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee introduced his invention to the world.
Back in 1978, Berners-Lee helped to create a type-setting software for printers. In 1980, he proposed a concept for hypertext as a way to share and update information among researchers called “Enquire.” He later took what he learned from Enquire and developed an editor called WorldWideWeb in 1990. The first web site ever built was the clunky-sounding “http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html”. It centered on information regarding the WWW project. Visitors could learn more about hypertext, technical details for creating their own webpage, and even an explanation on how to search the Web for information.
OTHER EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY:
TV SERIES DEBUTS
2015: Fear
Fear the Walking Dead, the first spin-off and prequel to The Walking Dead, starred Cliff Curtis, Kim Dickens and a slew of others during the zombie apocalypse.
2003: Duck
Based on the 1953 Warner Bros. short, Duck Dodgers starred Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Marvin the Martian in metafictional roles.
2016: Late
Based on South Korean’ Grandpas Over Flowers, Better Late Than Never follows William Shatner, Henry Winkler, George Foreman, Terry Bradshaw and Jeff Dye as they travel the world.
1812 – Dolley Madison Saves Portrait
Long before she became a symbol for snack cakes, First Lady Dolley Madison became famous for saving a portrait of George Washington by British troops during the war of 1812 on this day.
Dolley’s husband, President James Madison left the White House to meet with his generals on the battlefield. However, soon British troops gathered nearby and Dolley took it upon herself to save a full-length portrait of the first president from desecration by vengeful British soldiers, many of whom would have rejoiced in humiliating England’s former colonists. You go girl. (By the way, the snack cake brand, which is now owned by Hostess, is spelled Dolly Madison.)
1994: Late Commission
The one and only African American pilot in World War I, Eugene Bullard, was posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force.
1952: Female Country
The Billboard Country chart list Kitty Wells as the first woman to reach the #1 spot with the song, “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”. She stayed there for 15 weeks.
1998: Show Off
Barry Bonds from the San Francisco Giants becomes the first MLB player to hit 400 home runs and steal 400 bases.
Movies Released
- 1938: You Can’t Take It with You
- 2019: Angel Has Fallen
- 2013: Blue Jasmine
- 2019: Overcomer
- 2000: Snatch
- 2013: The Kings of Summer
- 2013: You’re Next
TV Series Debuts
- 1983: Two Marriages (ABC)
- 1998: That 70’s Show (FOX)
- 2003: Duck Dodgers (Cartoon Network)
- 2003: Sonic X (FOX)
- 2015: Fear the Walking Dead (AMC)
- 2016: Better Late Than Never (NBC)
- 2016: You Can Do Better (tru TV)
- 2020: The Vow (HBO)
- 2021: The Ultimate Surfer (ABC)
Famous Birthdays
- 1931: Barbara Eden (actress)
- 1940: Richard Sanders (actor)
- 1949: Shelley Long (actress)
- 1970: Jay Mohr (actor)
- 1978: Kobe Bryant (basketball player)
- 1990: Seth Curry (basketball player)
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