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Microsoft Announces Windows
On November 10, 1983, Microsoft announced Windows at a press event in New York. It was described as a graphical extension for MS-DOS, and the first version, Windows 1.0, was released two years later, in November 1985.
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Chicago After the Fire: From Burned Blocks to a New Skyline
A photograph taken after the 1871 fire can make Chicago look as though its future had been decided by a wall of flame. A view from around 1905 tells a different story: tall offices, busy transport routes and commercial streets crowded again.
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