Philips unveiled the world’s first ‘Compact Disc’ (CD).

_{On 8th March 1979 a compact disc (COMPACT DISC) was born. In Netherlands, during a press conference Joop Sinjou, CD Lab’s boss at Philips, presented the first-ever digital audio disc 115 mm in diameter (1 hour of playback) and PHILIPS player “Pinkeltje”, that is, a prototype of the player using the name and the Compact Disc logo. Ten such Philips “Pinkeltje” prototypes were built using the CDM-0 prototype laser mechanism.}