Windows 3.0 was the third major release of Microsoft Windows and the first version to achieve widespread commercial success. It introduced an improved graphical interface with Program Manager and File Manager, better memory handling in an enhanced mode that allowed several DOS programs to run at once and made use of memory beyond 640 kilobytes, and support for 16-color VGA graphics. Together with applications such as Excel and Word for Windows, it established Windows as a mainstream platform for IBM-compatible personal computers and sold millions of copies within a few months. Windows 3.1, with TrueType fonts, followed in 1992, and Windows for Workgroups added networking.
Before and after
- 13 April 1990First flight of Sukhoi Su-34
- 15 April 1990Birth of Emma Watson
- 24 April 1990Launch of Hubble Space Telescope
- 7 May 1990Founding of European Environment Agency
- 22 May 1990Creation of Windows 3.0
- 12 June 1990Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- 13 July 1990Founding of Central Bank of Russia
- from 2 August 1990 to 28 February 1991Gulf War
- 12 August 1990Discovery of Sue
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- 1950Discovery of californium
- 18 February 1970Discovery of dubnium
- July 1974Discovery of seaborgium
- 1976Discovery of bohrium
- 29 August 1982Discovery of meitnerium
The era
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