Important Events From This day in History – 05 March

Today in History

• 1981 The home computer ZX81 is launched

  The British ZX81 was one of the world’s first home computers and was sold over 1.5 million times.

• 1970 The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force

  Nuclear weapons The treaty was initiated in 1968 by China, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. It has since been ratified by 190 countries worldwide.

• 1960 Alberto Korda takes his famous picture of revolutionary Che Guevara

  Guerrillero Heroico, the iconic photograph, was taken at a memorial service for the victims of the La Coubre explosion.

• 1872 The air brake is patented

  George Westinghouse is credited with the design of the railway braking system that uses compressed air.

• 1616 Nicolaus Copernicus’ revolutionary book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is banned by the Catholic Church

  Copernicus claimed in the book that the Earth revolves around the sun. Ptolemy’s geocentric system was maintained by the Church. The book is regarded as a watershed moment in the history of astronomy.