Today in computer history: October 20th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on October 20th of every year during the evolution of computers. October 20th is the 294th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 72 days left in the year from this day.
146 years ago
Arthur Scherbius was born, a German electrical engineer known for inventing the Enigma machine. Died May 13, 1929 (Age: 51).
115 years ago
Antoni Kilinski was born, who helped develop the computer science curriculum. Died May 6, 1989 (Age: 79).
92 years ago
Jorma Rissanen was born, an IBM researcher known for inventing the arithmetic coding technique of lossless data compression.
58 years ago
Patrick Volkerding was born, a software engineer and founder of the Slackware Linux distribution.
20 years ago
Ubuntu, the Linux operating system was first released.
14 years ago
Apple introduced macOS X 10.7, code-named Lion.
10 years ago
Apple introduced Apple Pay and Force Touch features for its devices.
8 years ago
Otto and Budweiser completed the world's first shipment by a self-driving truck.
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