Daily Archives: December 9, 2018

Engelbart introduces computer mouse at ‘The Mother of All Demos’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 9 1968)


Video: 'Mother of All Demos - The Mouse'

(Monday, December 9, 1968) — Douglas Engelbart of Stanford University publicly demonstrated his pioneering hypertext system, “NLS”, together with the computer mouse, today at what would become retrospectively known as “The Mother of All Demos.” Continue reading Engelbart introduces computer mouse at ‘The Mother of All Demos’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 9 1968)

‘Le Freak’ by Chic peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 9 1978)

(Saturday, December 9, 1978)“Le Freak” by Chic peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for six non-consecutive weeks (Dec. 9/23/30, 1978, Jan. 20/27, Feb. 3, 1979).

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‘I Just Wanna Stop’ by Gino Vannelli peaks at #4 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 9 1978)

(Saturday, December 9, 1978)“I Just Wanna Stop” by Gino Vannelli peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.

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‘Time Passages’ by Al Stewart peaks at #7 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 9 1978)

(Saturday, December 9, 1978)“Time Passages” by Al Stewart peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.

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