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📻 BBC World Service Launches International Broadcasts

December 19: BBC World Service starts broadcasting.
BBC World Service Launches International Broadcasts (1932)
MediaCommunicationWorld War IIPropagandaInternational Relations
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

💻 Colossus Computer Becomes Operational

June 1: First operational electronic computer, Colossus, comes online.
Colossus Computer Becomes Operational (1944)
World War IICryptographyComputer ScienceInformation TechnologyMilitary Technology
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🔑 Public-Key Cryptography Concept Proposed

James H. Ellis proposed the possibility of "non-secret encryption", more commonly termed public-key cryptography, a concept that would be implemented by his GCHQ colleague Clifford Cocks in 1973, in what would become known as the RSA algorithm, with key exchange added by a third colleague Malcolm J. Williamson, in 1975.
Public-Key Cryptography Concept Proposed (1970)
CryptographyComputer ScienceMathematicsInternet
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🌐 Tim Berners-Lee Invents the World Wide Web

The World Wide Web is invented by computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee.
Tim Berners-Lee Invents the World Wide Web (1989)
World Wide WebInternetComputer ScienceInformation TechnologyNetworkingDigital RevolutionGlobalizationCommunicationSoftware Development
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🌐 First Website Published by Tim Berners-Lee

December 20: Tim Berners-Lee publishes the first web site, which described the World Wide Web project.
First Website Published by Tim Berners-Lee (1990)
World Wide WebInternetComputer ScienceInformation TechnologyDigital RevolutionCommunication
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

📱 Bank of Scotland Launches World's First Banking App

The Bank of Scotland develops the world's first banking app
Bank of Scotland Launches World's First Banking App (2007)
BankingMobile TechnologyDigital RevolutionInternetCommunication
United KingdomUnited Kingdom