Today in computer history: January 25th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on January 25th of every year during the evolution of computers. January 25th is the 25th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 341 days left in the year from this day.
194 years ago
Samuel Soule was born, the co-inventor of the first practical typewriter in 1969. Died July 12, 1875 (Age: 45).
77 years ago
Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann. file patent #2,455,992 describing one of the first computer games played on a CRT.
69 years ago
Toru Iwatani was born, Japanese video game designer and creator of the arcade game Pac-Man, the world's most popular arcade game.
61 years ago
Molly Holzschlag was born, an American author, lecturer, and advocate for the Open Web. Died September 5, 2023 (Age: 60).
45 years ago
Robert Williams of Michigan became the first human to be killed by a robot.
23 years ago
FASA closes its doors.
21 years ago
The SQL Slammer (also known as Sapphire) worm was first released.
14 years ago
The MMO TERA was first released in South Korea.
11 years ago
At 23:30:26 UTC the largest known prime number containing 17,425,170 digits was discovered by GIMPS.
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