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January 19

2 sourced moments from January 19 in history: Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for lighting (1915); and Apple's Lisa pioneers the mouse-driven personal computer (1983).

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2 things happened on January 19

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1983 Technology · Computing & AI

Apple's Lisa pioneers the mouse-driven personal computer

Apple bet $10,000 that ordinary people wanted to point and click. They were right, but a decade early.

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1915 Technology · Inventions

Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for lighting

A French chemist's clever electrode turned a glowing gas into the signage that would light up the modern city.

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