On August 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc rocks his first Bronx party, debuting a game-changing turntable move that electrifies the crowd.
Pomp and Circumstance was originally used in King Edward VII’s coronation. Four years later, it was played as everyone was leaving Yale University because the song's composer was receiving an honorary degree.
Some of the 20th century's most important inventions—computers, transistors, satellites—were pioneered at Bell Labs. But these scientists also delved into the creative, and their research in computer-generated films and music would set the foundation for an entire future of media.