13. New transmission systems … 10/29/08 The Sputnik program launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957 The Russian word sputnik literally means "co-traveler", "traveling companion" or "satellite” http://www.amsat.org/amsat/features/sounds/sputnk1b.wav
14. Digital revolution … New transmission, storage systems 10/29/08 August 17th, 1982, the first Compact Disk (ABBA's the Visitors) came off the assembly line; 200 billion followed it. J