Today in computer history: October 23th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on October 23th of every year during the evolution of computers. October 23th is the 297th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 69 days left in the year from this day.
October 23, 1800224 years ago
William Coolidge was born, an American physicist known for his work with incandescent electric lighting. Died February 3, 1975 (Age: 101).
October 23, 1911113 years ago
Allen Coombs was born, a key designer of the Colossus computer. Died January 30, 1995 (Age: 84).
October 23, 196064 years ago
Randy Pausch was born, an American professor of computer science and human computer interaction at CMU. Died July 25, 2008 (Age: 47).
October 23, 196460 years ago
Tsutomu Shimomura was born, the computer security expert who helped the FBI arrest Kevin Mitnick.
October 23, 198044 years ago
Microtek was founded.
October 23, 199529 years ago
The first computer network wiretap was authorized and leads later to the arrest of Julio Cesar Ardita.
October 23, 200123 years ago
The original Apple iPod goes on sell.
October 23, 200618 years ago
Google launches its Custom Search Engine service.
October 23, 201212 years ago
Apple introduced the iPad mini.
October 23, 20204 years ago
Apple released the iPhone 12.
October 23, 20204 years ago
RIAA files DMCA claim against YouTube-dl is only used for piracy and forces GitHub to disable all YouTube-dl repositories.
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