On 6 February 1911, Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th US President, was born in Tampico, Illinois.
He was POTUS 1981 – 1989, having previously served as Governor of California, 1967 -- 1975In 1959, Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed a patent for a “solid circuit.” He was awarded four patents for what we now call the integrated circuit.
It is difficult to comprehend the far-reaching effect of the integrated circuit on our lives today. Almost none of what we broadly term “electronics” would exist without it. Of most immediate concern to those reading this, the IC is vital to our having home computers, and certainly, the Internet.
It is difficult to comprehend the far-reaching effect of the integrated circuit on our lives today. Almost none of what we broadly term “electronics” would exist without it. Of most immediate concern to those reading this, the IC is vital to our having home computers, and certainly, the Internet. 
