Polaroid, the beginning of the “Watergate”, “Haru mamburu” and other significant events.
June 17, 1955 the first flight of the Tu-104 — the first Soviet passenger aircraft to jet propulsion. For several years the aircraft was only operated passenger jet airliner in the world.
17 June 1970, American scientist and inventor Edwin Land patented the Polaroid camera. The name of the company, which possessed monopoly rights to the production of photographs for this kind of cameras became synonymous with instant photos.
on 17 June 1972, at the headquarters of the presidential candidate of the Democratic party of George McGovern was detained 5 people. They were engaged in setting up eavesdropping equipment and, according to some, photographed internal documents of the headquarters of the Democrats. The headquarters was in the hotel “Watergate”, the name of which has become a symbol erupted after the detention of the scandal ended with the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
17 June 1988, Microsoft released MS DOS 4.0. It was a key product of the company, which gave her a substantial income and marketing resource in the development of Microsoft has evolved from a developer of programming language in a big company, producing the most diverse software.
June 17, 1968 born Maxim Pokrovsky, a Russian musician, the leader of the group “Nogu Svelo!”. The title song of the eponymous album in 1993 “Haru mamburu” was the hit of the generation of the 90s years and is considered the hallmark of the group.
