On this day in 1787, Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance, structuring settlement of the Northwest Territory and creating a policy for the addition of new states to the nation. The members of Congress knew that if their new confederation were to survive intact, it had to resolve the statesâ competing claims to western territory.
Energizer Bunny. It was 1989 at St. Louis, and the team of Energizer, DDB Chicago Advertising, and All Effects, a special effects company, were in the midst of creating a marketing ploy that would rival that of its competitor, Duracell.
The first marketed integrated mouse-shipped as a part of a computer and intended for personal computer navigation-came with the Xerox 8010 Star Information System in 1981. â¦ The ball mouse was invented as part of that project in 1972 by Bill English.