Amaya Toman Ngeshwa, umlando uhlanganisa nezehlakalo ezingezinhle. Okunye okunjalo ukucekelwa phansi komkhumbi-mkhathi i-Challenger, okwenzeka ekupheleni kukaJanuwari 1986. Ngaphezu kwalesi sigameko esibuhlungu, kukholamu yanamuhla sizophinde sikhumbule ukutholwa kwenkonzo ye-GeoCities yi-Yahoo.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ukubhujiswa kweChallenger (1986)
I-January 28 yabhalwa ngezinhlamvu ezimnyama emlandweni we-astronautics. Ukuphahlazeka okudabukisayo komkhumbi-mkhathi i-Challenger kwenzeka ngalolo suku. I-Challenger kwakufanele yethulwe ngoJanuwari 22, kodwa ngenxa yezizathu zokusebenza, ukwethulwa kuhlehliselwe uJanuwari 28. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kube nokunye ukubambezeleka kwamahora amabili ngosuku lokuqala ngenxa yezinkinga zekhompyutha. Abanye bebekungabaza ukuphepha kokwethulwa ngenxa yokuthi izinga lokushisa kule ndawo lehle ngaphansi kuka-zero, kodwa ngemuva kwesithangami sabezindaba kwanqunywa ukuthi i-Challenger izomane indize. Ukwethulwa kwagcina kwenzeke ngo-11:38 ngesikhathi sendawo, ithimba lalihlanganisa uFrancis Scobee, uMichael Smith, u-Ellison Onizuka, uJudith Resnik, uGregory Jarvis, uChrista McAuliffer noRonald McNair.
Akekho owabona intuthu emnyama iqhamuka endaweni yenjini ngesikhathi iqala. Umzuzu wokuqala wendiza wadlula ngaphandle kwezinkinga ezinkulu, kodwa kancane kancane umusi kwase kuqala ukuvela amalangabi. Ithangi likaphethiloli eliyinhloko lonakele futhi i-hydrogen ebalekayo yavutha, kwalandelwa ukuqhuma kwethangi likaphethiloli. Ofakazi bokuzibonela babekwazi ukubona indlela umkhumbi-mkhathi owaphenduka ngayo ibhola lomlilo, okwahlukaniswa kuwo izingcezwana kancane kancane, kusale imifudlana yentuthu yentuthu. Ukuxhumana ne-shuttle kwaphulwa, izinjini zaqhubeka nokundiza. Ngenxa yokukhathazeka mayelana nokwenzeka komthelela ezindaweni ezinabantu abaningi, kwayalelwa ukuthi bazibulale. Akekho noyedwa kubasebenzi osindile kule ngozi.
I-Yahoo ithenga i-GeoCities (1999)
NgoJanuwari 28, 1999, i-Yahoo yathola inkundla ye-GeoCities ngo-$3,65 billion. Kwakuyisevisi yokubamba iwebhu eyaqala ukusebenza kwayo ngo-1994. I-GeoCities yasungulwa nguDavid Bohnett noJohn Rezner. Enguqulweni yokuqala, abantu abanentshisekelo bahlale bekhetha "idolobha" lapho ama-hyperlink amawebhusayithi abo afakwe ohlwini. Amadolobha angokoqobo aqanjwe ngamadolobha noma izifunda zangempela, kuyilapho okuqukethwe kwakuhlale kuhlobene nemboni lapho idolobha elinikeziwe lixhunywe khona - ngaphansi kweSiliconValley kwawa amasayithi ahlobene nobuchwepheshe bekhompyutha, ngaphansi kweHollywood, isibonelo, amasayithi ahlobene nemboni yokuzijabulisa.
