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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What does the fox dream?
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Sand, sun, and sk8ers
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Extraterrestrial Culture Day
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Here s looking at you
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Paleontology meets art
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Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act of 1973
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A tree of many memories
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Maritime forest in Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia
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New Year s Eve in Sydney, Australia
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Panda Day
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Taughannock Falls State Park
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Instant romance
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World Space Week
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Saint Nicholas Day in Verbier, Switzerland
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And you thought moths were boring
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Put your helmet on, we’re going for a hike
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Presidents hear the echo of history
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Sea Slug Day
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An ancient sailing tradition takes to the water
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National Park Week
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Leap day
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Salzburg, Austria
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Winter scenery near Kuhmo, Finland
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Tree of many colors
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What happened to these clouds?
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The Spirit of Harlem by Louis Delsarte
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International Day of the Tropics
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Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona
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We re gonna need a bigger birdhouse
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Happy World Meteorological Day
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