On this day in 2000, the dreaded Y2K computer 'millennium bug' failed to appear as predicted. In 1985, the first British mobile phone call was made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone; and the Internet's Domain Name System was created. In 1983, the ARPANET officially changed to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. In 1970, Unix time began. In 1939, William Hewlett and David Packard founded Hewlett-Packard. In 1925, American astronomer Edwin Hubble announced the discovery of galaxies outside the Milky Way. And in 1908, for the first time, a ball dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight. Happy Birthday hip-hop innovator Grandmaster Flash (1958), wrestling manager Jimmy Hart (1943), musician Milt Jackson (1923-1999), boxer Rocky Graziano (1922-1990), author J. D. Salinger (1919), FBI director J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), inventor George Washington Carver (1864-1943), seamstress Betsy Ross (1752-1836) and patriot Paul Revere (1735-1818). RIP singers Maurice Chevalier (d. 1972) and Hank Williams (1953). "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." - Groucho Marx