JUNE 14
1951:The UNIVAC I computer, developed by J. PresperEckert and John Mauchly, is put into operation by the U.S. Census Bureau in Philadelphia. The first commercially produced and widely used electronic, digital computer uses 5,000 vacuum tubes to perform complexcalculations. A total of 46 UNIVAC computers will be purchased, at over $1 million each, by various military and government departments.
1777: John Adams reads the description of the new red, white and blue national flag, featuring 13 stripes and 13 stars, at a meeting of theContinental Congress in Philadelphia.
1922: Warren G. Harding becomes the first president heard over the radio when his dedication of a memorial to "Star-Spangled Banner" composer Francis Scott Key at Fort McHenry is broadcast on the Baltimore station WEAR.
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