Today in computer history: July 1st
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on July 1st of every year during the evolution of computers. July 1st is the 183th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 183 days left in the year from this day.
July 1, 1646378 years ago
Gottfried Leibniz was born, the German mathematician and philosopher and most prolific inventors of mechanical calculators. Died November 14, 1716 (Age: 70).
July 1, 192698 years ago
Fernando Corbato was born, a computer scientist and pioneer of time-sharing operating systems that helped inspire Unix and other operating systems. Died July 12, 2019 (Age: 93).
July 1, 196163 years ago
Mark Tebbe was born, a Professor at University of Chicago and co-founder of Answers.com.
July 1, 196757 years ago
Kim Komando was born, host of an American talk radio program The Kim Komando Show which covers personal computers.
July 1, 197945 years ago
The Walkman portable audio player begins to be sold for the first time.
July 1, 197945 years ago
Intel introduces the Intel 8088 processor.
July 1, 198143 years ago
Creative Technology was founded.
July 1, 199133 years ago
The movie Terminator 2 was released.
July 1, 199628 years ago
Betrieve Technologies, Inc. changes its name to Pervasive Software Inc.
July 1, 200024 years ago
Number nine filed for bankruptcy.
July 1, 200420 years ago
COPPA goes into effect.
July 1, 200915 years ago
CompuServe was shut down.
July 1, 201311 years ago
The RSS Atom reader Google Reader was discontinued.
July 1, 20195 years ago
NetComm was acquired by Casa Systems, Inc.
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