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From the vault This day in tech history, November 13

  1. 1927

    The Holland Tunnel opens under the Hudson

    Its 84 fans in four ventilation buildings can replace all the air in the tubes every 90 seconds to clear out car exhaust, and 51,694 vehicles went through on opening day at a 50-cent toll.

  2. 1983

    MIT's TX-0 is switched on for the last time

    Built at Lincoln Laboratory in 1955 as one of the earliest transistorized computers and judged obsolete within two years, it was restored by technician John McKenzie for a third and final start-up at The Computer Museum in Marlboro, Massachusetts.

  3. 2007

    Video Game History: Assassin's Creed comes out in North America

    Ubisoft's assassin story, set in 1191 AD during the Third Crusade, launched on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 at $59.99, with a $69.99 Limited Edition.

  4. 2011

    Video Game History: Super Mario 3D Land comes out in North America

    Nintendo billed it as the first Mario game made for the 3DS, at $39.99, and brought back Tanooki Mario, whose tail lets him hover, float through jumps and attack.

Then and now

1994: A digital camera: $749 for an Apple QuickTake 100 shooting 640 by 480 pixels, eight photos at a time. Today: $25 for a 12-megapixel Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3.

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