1875 Henry James published ‘Roderick Hudson,’ his first novel. Not read this one, but have read The ‘Ambassadors,’ ‘The American,’ ‘The Bostonians,’ ‘The Princess Casamassima,’ ‘The Turn of the Screw,’ and ‘Washington Square.’ A master of fine detail but ever so orotund. What I remember is the dedication of the hall in ‘The Bostonians,’ the door opening (where there is no door) in ‘The Turn of the Screw,’ and a gentleman who is sitting down (when he should be standing) in ‘The Ambassadors.’
1914 US State Department required photographs on passports as shown below. I look like my picture. Gulp! Somewhere — lost to me now — Georg Hegel recommended pictures to go with travel papers in the 1820s.
1923 Garrett Morgan patented the three-position traffic signal with buffer between stop and go, making the transition safer. He was the child of two former slaves. This butter evolved into the amber light, which in some jurisdictions follows the red, and in others the green. In both cases it means ‘sped up!’
1945 Nuremberg Trials began with 24 individuals.
1985 Windows 1.0 was released two years late, and has continued in that manner. I left the PC world about ten years ago for the Mac World and will not go back.
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