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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Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
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Wyoming celebrates its statehood
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Brown bears in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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The aftermath of a meteorite
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Procida, Italy
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Góða ólavsøku, from the Faroes!
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Least chipmunk, Kootenai National Forest, Montana
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Tasiilaq, Greenland
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The 80th anniversary of D-Day
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A towering view of the Pale Mountains
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Diving into World Oceans Day
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The birth of Bauhaus
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Fallen but not forgotten
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Great white egret, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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Dalyan, Turkey
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Why do elephants hide in trees?
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Time to count some birds
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Dog days of summer
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National Trails Day
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Martinique
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World Lion Day
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In Apia Harbor for Samoan Independence Day
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Avatar Mountains, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China
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New York City skyline
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Golden Bridge, Bà Nà Hills, Da Nang, Vietnam
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Sunlight sets Iceland s Eyjafjallajökull aglow
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Happy New Year!
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Château de Villandry, France
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