On 1 July, 1874, the world's first commercially successful typewriter, the "Sholes & Glidden Type Writer", went on sale. Christopher Latham Sholes and Carlos Glidden had started developing their ...

The Typewriter received its first performance when Leroy Anderson conducted his short piece (only one minute and forty-five seconds) for a Decca Records recording session on September 8 ...

Previously: • This is a 1960s TV commercial for prunes starring Ray Bradbury The post Ray Bradbury used 98 dimes to write the first draft of "Fahrenheit 451" on a coin-operated typewriter ...