Jack the Ripper (Part Two) : In Pop Culture

The Jack the Ripper murders have inspired a plethora of movies, documentaries, television shows, video games, books, artwork, and even board games.

Jack the Ripper, one of history’s most infamous serial killers, has been a source of fascination and horror for over a century. His gruesome murders in the Whitechapel district of London in 1888 have inspired a plethora of movies, documentaries, television shows, video games, books, artwork, and even board games.

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Computer Mouse History

x,y position indicator for a display system

In 1967, the patent was filed for the first mouse, calling it an “x,y position indicator for a display system.” The patent was awarded in 1970. Douglas Engelbart (January 30, 1925 – July 2, 2013) conceived the mouse while attending a conference on computer graphics, where he started thinking about how to improve interactive computing.

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