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A bit of May 17th history…
1733 - Great Britain passes Molasses Act on colonies
1803 - Reaping Machine patented
1861 - 1st color photographs shown (of a tartan ribbon) in London
1902 - Discovery of the Antikythera Mechanism - ans ancient mechanical analog computer (2nd picture)
1993 - Intel’s Pentium processor is unveiled
2004 - Massachusetts becomes 1st state to legalize same sex marriage (pictured top)
2009 - Minecraft is 1st released to public while in development
Today In History: May 17, 2021 at 05:01AM