 We're to have you here once again on the breakfast on plus TV Africa on Today in history. We're going back to the year 2012 the 18th of May and we're talking about one of the biggest sites, you know in the world Facebook on this day it posted the Largest or one of the largest tech IPOs in the US history of 16 billion dollars It initially and I'll just go back, you know to February 1st 2012 That was when the Facebook had filed for the initial public offering The preliminary prospect, you know stated that the company sought to raise five billion dollars from that IPO at that time It had 845 million active monthly users and a website feature 2.7 billion daily likes and comments at that time also Mark Zuckerberg was you know said to you know own or retain 22% ownership share in Facebook and would own 57% of the voting shares fast forward to May 16th That was when the IP was eventually launched and it raised 16 billion dollars by the 18th of May on this day making it a largest in US history Just ahead of AT&T wireless and only behind General Motors and Visa and You know, that was the record that was broken on this day at that time to come to me, of course anticipated its IPO on Anticipated that's a IPO would sell for about or shares rather was helpful about thirty eight point two three dollars But it did that pretty well and some people had also stated that that was a little disappointing Thirty eight dollars, but basically that's what you know it is for the 18th of May on this day 16 billion dollars raised in its initial public offering for Facebook On this day in 2012 Wow Amazing well Facebook has paid its dues from you know going back to our Matt Zuckerberg founded this, you know Just in school has grown to a multi-billion dollar company and Just helps people connect absolutely and he you know has turned out and being you know one of the richest people in the world Since you know that time since 2000 early 2000s and still running. So it's a success story It's also a story that you know, we should you know, I always like to say that we should learn from You know information technology and how much we should invest and we should encourage information technology and Some of that here in Nigeria. We should you know open up that space wholeheartedly Yes, I admit that there is you know being some success. There are some things that we should celebrate with regards You know certain companies here in Nigeria founded here in Nigeria that have You know made, you know great stride with regards information technology, but it should continue to be encouraged and to be invested in Moving forward So I'm gonna tell you about a woman who made the Guinness Book of World Records in 1953 18th of May this day in history So her name is a Jacqueline Cochrane and on this day in history She broke a record which is the sound barrier. So Jacqueline was an American pilot She was a business executive She pioneered women's aviation as one of the most prominent racing pilot of her generation Now this woman set numerous records and was the first Woman to break the sound barrier on this day in 1956 She was also the first woman to take off from an aircraft carrier She was the first pilots to make a blind instrument landing She was the first woman inducted into the aviation Hall of Fame Jacqueline died unfortunately in 1980 when she was 78 years old and we know that during World War two she helped deliver American Beauds planes to Britain helps played an instrumental role in Recreating qualified women pilots into the air transport command She was the first woman to build a bomber to fly a bomber across the Atlantic. She won five Hammond trophies I mean she just is Phenomenal she's just done a lot and she began flying You know from a very very young age and I can you can see pictures of her looking so beautiful Proving just like a sister to show a lot like we discussed yesterday that women really can do anything So why it's really Really why is it phenomenal for? Jacqueline Cochrane to make history on May 18 1953 as the first woman to break the sound barrier So back in the year of during the World War two Pilots Reported that when they flew their helicopters flew their planes They get they get to a point where their planes begin to tear apart to get to a point where Basically their instruments begin to freeze and they assumed this was called a sound barrier And they assume that the sound barrier was actually a physical barrier Then when you fly so fast you get to that barrier your plane begins to actually tear your instruments into freeze Like things just begin to go wrong with your aircraft So that basically was the was the belief at that time But they didn't know actually because you know tech knowledge and all of that advancement had not been at that time They didn't know that the sound barrier wasn't actually a physical barrier It was just a barrier that meant that they were approaching the speed of lights right to the sound the sound of light So Jacqueline Cochrane on this day in history, you know, she actually Broke that sound barrier. She flew faster than the speed of light and has now etched her name in gold in stone In history as the first woman ever to do so Fantastic, and you know, it's once again the Benefits of living in the society that doesn't limit women in any way It doesn't have cultural or political or religious, you know barriers for women So she's able to break that barrier because there was no barrier limiting word There was no barrier limiting, you know, how far she could go or you know How much success she was she was going to be able to achieve You know, I would like to say that we should once again encourage stuff like that here in Nigeria You know and remove some of the things that have limited women. There's so many fantastic brilliant Phenomenal female minds here in Nigeria that should be given a chance to just live and enjoy themselves You know, yes, and some of the things that you know, we've created as barriers here in Nigeria marriage Religion tribe some of all that especially marriage Yeah, yeah, absolutely Some of all those things should be taken away, you know As barriers for women here in Nigeria so that they can break some of all these boundaries as it's not to show a lot You know, it's our latest example of someone who has first African to win Champions League And there should be more. There should also be dolls open for many many more To continue and men normalize approaching successful women. We don't bite That's it today in history in May 18th 1953 a phenomenal woman who broke the sound barrier He went back to 2012 2012. Yes when Facebook IPO hit 16 billion dollars on this day 18th of May 2012 Stay with us our first major conversation for today We're going to Kaduna State where the Nigerian Labour Congress Basically shot down the state yesterday in protesting and of course declaring a five-day warning strike With the Kaduna state government So we're going to be speaking this morning with members of the NLC in Kaduna the president and vice president and of course That comes up right after the short break