On this day in 1864…
September 14, 2009
The first inexpensive Bessemer steel is commercially produced in America from a two-and-a-half ton converter at the Kelly Pneumatic Process Company in Wyandotte, Michigan.
On this day in 1939…
January 1, 2009
Bill Hewlett, 25, and Dave Packard, 26, sign the informal agreement that creates the HP partnership, based in a one-car garage on Addison Avenue in Palo Alto, California. This building is now designated, “the birthplace of Silicon Valley.” A coin toss decided the order of names.
