Happy Spreadsheet Day! Be they a pivot table pro or an entry-level novice, spreadsheet users worldwide have one person to thank: Dan Bricklin released the first electronic spreadsheet program on this day in 1979. The day celebrates the sophisticated grids that have reshaped businesses from accounting and engineering to project management. But data handling did not begin in the digital age. Ancient civilizations had their own ways of recording and tracking the world around them, as seen in our homepage image.
Spreadsheet Day
Today in History
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An avian predator built for the snow
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Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia
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Sunlight sets Iceland s Eyjafjallajökull aglow
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A festival of lights in India
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World Penguin Day
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Lion cubs, South Africa
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It’s oh so quiet
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A plot was afoot
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Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
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Cumberland Island National Seashore
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Anniversary of the British Museum
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Staring down winter
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Remembering Jimmy Carter
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Groundhog Day
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Lantern Festival
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Hello, harbinger of spring
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Protecting endangered giants
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Burns Night
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A misty morning in Brazil
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Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica
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Daylight saving time begins
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Fujian Tulou, China
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Gunnerside, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England
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A palace for the public
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Fox kits
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Lake Tyrrell, Victoria, Australia
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Great Backyard Bird Count
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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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Moose, Denali National Park, Alaska
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Of moles and liquid nitrogen
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