Milestones and Inventions

Pony Express postmark, 1860, westbound. Wikipedia

All of the following happened on today’s date, 3 April.

  1. On this day in 1860, the Pony Express mail delivery system was launched in the US. How long did the service operate?
    • 18 months
    • 32 months
    • 53 months
  2. On 3 April 1981, the first successful handheld portable computer was sold. By what name was it known?
    • Osborne 1
    • Page 1
    • Cooper 1
  3. In aviation, in what year did the first flight over Mount Everest take place?
    • 1927
    • 1933
    • 1939
  4. What city which had been liberated from the Ottoman Empire by Russian troops was named the capital of Bulgaria on 3 April 1879?
    • Bucharest
    • Sofia
    • Zagreb
  5. On this date in what year was the first handheld mobile telephone call made?
    • 1973
    • 1981
    • 1988

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.

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Author: Scott F

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