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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A path lain with petals
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Happy New Year!
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Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in Arkansas
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Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
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A bridge comes full circle
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National Park Week: Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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An endless journey
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A Festivus for the rest of us
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Hemingway’s Keys
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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On the Route of the Waterfalls
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National Go Birding Day
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Basking in the glow
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Red-leaf hunting in Japan
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Old Fortress, Corfu, Greece
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World Environment Day
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Take the Stairs Day
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Can you see the family resemblance?
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An inland ocean
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Craters of the Moon centennial
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A day for our oceans
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Aurora borealis
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Ad-Deir, Petra, Jordan
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Construction workers resting above Manhattan
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Dog days of summer
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Autumn comes to Old Town
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Sequential images of a total solar eclipse
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Not your average sandcastle
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Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
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Stari Most in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina