1995

MAY 23, 1995

Java Programming Language Announced

Sun Microsystems publicly introduces Java at SunWorld, launching a cross-platform programming language that reshapes enterprise software and the web.

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AUGUST 9, 1995

Netscape Initial Public Offering

Netscape's IPO becomes a defining milestone of the early commercial internet and helps trigger the first great web boom.

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AUGUST 24, 1995

Windows 95 Released

Microsoft releases Windows 95, selling one million copies in four days. It standardizes the desktop Taskbar and Start button.

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OCTOBER 6, 1995

First Exoplanet Discovered

Astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz announce the discovery of 51 Pegasi b, the first planet discovered orbiting a Sun-like star.

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DECEMBER 4, 1995

JavaScript Announced

Netscape and Sun Microsystems introduce JavaScript (originally LiveScript), starting a new era of programmable interactive web browsers.

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DECEMBER 7, 1995

Galileo Spacecraft Enters Jupiter Orbit

NASA's Galileo robotic spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, dropping an atmospheric probe and entering orbit around the planet.

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