Geek Facts for August 11th – The Pull Chain Socket and Woz

By Judy Novotny / 08/11/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1896, Harvey Hubbell received a patent for the pull-chain, electric-light socket.

Harvey Hubbell received at least 45 patents and is best known for inventing the electrical power plug in 1904.

Learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Hubbell.

In 1950, Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple, was born.

“Woz” and Steve Jobs formed Apple Computer in 1976 and went on to create their first computer, the Apple I.

Learn more at http://www.biography.com/people/stephen-wozniak-9537334.

About The Author

Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.

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