360What happened in 1978?
3 moments from 1978 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- On this day · 3 May 1978
The first spam email is sent
On 3 May 1978, a marketing manager at the computer company DEC sent an advertising message to about 400 users of ARPANET, the forerunner of the internet. Many recipients complained. It is remembered as the first spam email. Today spam makes up a large share of all email sent.
- On this day · 17 August 1978
A balloon crosses the Atlantic for the first time
On 17 August 1978, three Americans, Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman, landed near Paris in the helium balloon Double Eagle II, after six days in the air from Maine. It was the first successful crossing of the Atlantic by balloon.
- 1978 · from The 1970s: development plans and the first microchips
First IVF baby born