Coming up as stories in the programme:
1968: Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse (pictured), hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Engelbart
1775: American Revolutionary War: After their loss in the Battle of Great Bridge, British authorities were forced to evacuate from the Colony of Virginia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War
1940: Second World War: British and Commonwealth forces began Operation Compass, the first major Allied military operation of the Western Desert campaign.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
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