英文的,哪个老兄帮忙翻译一下吧。 A Rubik's Cube Chronology
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Researched and maintained by Mark Longridge (c) 1996-2003
Pre-Rubik
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Feb 2, 1960 William Gustafson files patent for Manipulatable Toy
Mar 12, 1963 Gustafson receives US patent 3,081,089
1970 Uwe Meffert invents a model for research of energy flow
in different shape solids (pyraminx)
Apr 9, 1970 Frank Fox applies for UK patent for spherical 3x3x3
Mar 4, 1970 Larry Nichols files patent for Twizzle (2x2x2 cube)
Apr 11, 1972 Nichols receives US patent 3,655,201
Jan 16, 1974 Frank Fox receives UK patent 1,344,259
Post-Rubik
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Spring 1974 Erno Rubik gets idea to make the cube
Summer 1974 Erno Rubik solves the cube (arguably the first solver)
Jan 30, 1975 Rubik applies for patent on cube
Oct 12, 1976 Terutoshi Ishige Japanese Patent 55-8192 for 3x3x3
1977 Rubik's Cube starts distribution in Hungary
Mar 28, 1977 Erno Rubik receives Hungarian Patent HU00170062
Aug 1978 Bela Szalai first sees cube in Hungary, later
manufactures cube in U.S. (Logical Games Inc)
Jan 4, 1980 Victor Toth wins pioneering cube contest in 55 sec.
July 1980 MIT cube lovers group starts up
Sept 1980 Omni prints article on cube in Games column
Jan 12, 1981 Steven Hanson and Jeffrey Breslow file US Patent for Missing Link
March 1981 Scientific American's 1st article on cube
March 1981 Uwe Meffert patents the pyraminx
May 1981 Reader's Digest prints cube story
July 30, 1981 Walter Moll receives German patent for Dodecahedron
July 31, 1981 Cube contest featuring James G. Nourse as guest
June 1, 1981 Uwe Meffert file US Patent for Pyraminx Star
Aug 3, 1981 Erno Rubik files for patent on Rubik's Domino
Autumn 1981 Singmaster produces 1st issue of Cubic Circular
Sept 11, 1981 NBC Magazine broadcasts story about cube on TV
Nov 13, 1981 1st American Rubik's Cube Championships
Dec 11, 1981 Ron Lancaster organizes cube contest at Oakville Trafalgar High School
Dec 12, 1981 United Kingdom Rubik's Cube Championships
Jan 29, 1982 Peter Sebesteny files for US Patent for 4x4x4
Feb 28, 1982 I attend Canadian Regional Cube Contest (London Ont)
Mar 20, 1982 1st (Only) Canadian Rubik's Cube Championships
Mar 21, 1982 Toronto Star article A4 on Duc Trinh
Mar 29, 1982 Adam Alexander & Gary Piaget file for US Patent for Alexander's Star
Spring 1982 2nd issue of Cubic Circular
May 11, 1982 Uwe Meffert receives US Patent USD0264361 for Pyraminx Star
Apr 24, 1982 1st and only Dutch National Championships in Utrecht Netherlands
May 1982 1st issue of Rubik's Cube Newsletter appears (U.S.)
May/June 1982 American Scientist prints cube article
Summer 1982 3rd/4th issues of Cubic Circular
June 5, 1982 1st Rubik's Cube World Championships
July 1982 Hofstadter's article on cube variants (S.A.)
Sept 18, 1982 I attend American Regional Cube Contest (Buffalo, NY)
Oct 1982 Omni prints article on Cube variants (Megaminx)
Oct 2, 1982 Ideal hires me to work as demonstrator of Cube
Nov 5, 1982 2nd American Rubik's Cube Championships
Winter 1982 5th/6th issues of Cubic Circular
Feb 15, 1983 Hanson & Breslow receive US Patent 4,373,729 for Missing Link
Mar 29, 1983 Erno Rubik receives US Patent 4,378,116 for Rubik's Domino
Mar 29, 1983 Erno Rubik receives US Patent 4,378,117 for 2x2x2 cube
May 4, 1983 Cecil Smith's cube collection featured on WCSC-TV
June 25, 1983 United Kingdom Rubik's Revenge championship
July 12, 1983 Rubik receives US Patent 4,392,323 for Rubik's Snake
Dec 20, 1983 Peter Sebesteny receives US Patent 4,421,311 for 4x4x4
Apr 3, 1984 Joseph F Hyland et all receives US Patent 4,440,395 for Rubik's Game
Nov 27, 1984 Matsumoto Takao receives US Patent 4,484,406 for a different Rubik's Snake
Mar 26, 1985 Adam Alexander et all receives US patent 4,506,891 for Alexander's Star
Summer 1985 7th/8th issues of Cubic Circular
June 1985 Cube appears on cover of Byte Magazine (Algorithms)
Sept 10, 1985 Tibor Horvath receives US Patent 4,540,177 for a different 4x4x4
March 1986 Discover prints excellent story on Erno Rubik
July 15, 1986 Udo Krell receives patent for 5x5x5 cube, Pyraminx Ultimate, Pyraminx Crystal,
and more. US Patent 4,600,199
July 28, 1986 Erno Rubik files for US patent on Rubik's Magic
Dec 9, 1986 Rubik et all files for patent for Electronic Rubik's Cube
1987 Oxford press publishes Rubik's Cubic Compendium
March 1987 Cadbury uses over-sized cube in commercial
Aug 11, 1987 Erno Rubik receives US patent 4,685,680 for Rubik's Magic
Oct 1987 Jearl Walker's article on Rubik's Magic (Hinge) S.A.
Apr 29, 1988 Cecil Smith opens his Cube Museum (has 4,900 cubes)
May 1, 1988 Daily Sentinel shows Cecil's Cube Museum on front page
July 26, 1988 Los Angeles Times reports on Rubik's Clock
Apr 4, 1989 Rubik et all receives US patent 4,817,952 for Electronic Rubik's Cube
Feb 1990 1st Issue of Domain of the Cube
June 11, 1990 Beyond Tomorrow features Rubik Studio, Magic and Clock on TV
Dec 26, 1990 Hrsel & Kopsky file for US patent for Square 1
July 1991 Omni prints article on new puzzles, e.g. Moody Ball
Aug 15, 1991 First mention of Square 1 in cube-lovers
March 4, 1992 2 MCH FUN issues press release on Smart Alex
Aug 28, 1992 Hank Chang files patent for 3x3x3 Assembly Cube
Feb 1993 DOTC newsletter advertised in Games Magazine
Feb 15, 1993 Richard Snyder starts shipping his Square 1 book
Oct 5, 1993 Hrsel & Kopsky receive US patent USD0340093 for Square 1
Dec 21, 1993 Hank Chang receives US patent 5,271,688 for assembly cube
Dec 7, 1994 Martin Schoenert puts cube lovers on World Wide Web
May 16, 1995 First mention of Rubik's Dino Cube in cube-lovers
May 23, 1995 Uwe Meffert files for US patent for the Orbix puzzle
Dec 13, 1995 USA Today reports on Million Dollar Rubik's Cube,
created by Diamond Cutters International for it's
15th Anniversary
Jan 22, 1996 Creation of the Domain of the Cube web page
Oct 15, 1996 Uwe Meffert receives US patent 5,564,702 for Orbix
Sept 1999 Rubik's company Androsoft launches Rubik's Games software
Apr 2001 Jonathan P Brown builds robot out of Lego to solve Rubik's Cube
Aug 23, 2003 2nd Rubik's Cube World Championships
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