Today in computer history: December 3rd

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on December 3rd of every year during the evolution of computers. December 3rd is the 338th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 28 days left in the year from this day.

John Backus pictureDecember 3, 1924
100 years ago

John Backus was born, a directory of the team that created the first high-level programming language (FORTRAN). Died March 17, 2007 (Age: 83).

PhoneDecember 3, 1992
32 years ago

Neil Papworth used his personal computer to send the first SMS text message to the phone of Richard Jarvis.

Marques Brownlee pictureDecember 3, 1993
31 years ago

Marques Brownlee was born, an American video producer, tech-reviewer, and YouTube star.

SonyDecember 3, 1994
30 years ago

Sony released the original PlayStation.

ComputerDecember 3, 2001
23 years ago

Dean Kamen unveils the Segway.

AdobeDecember 3, 2005
19 years ago

Adobe completes its acquisition of Macromedia.

CodeDecember 3, 2015
9 years ago

After seven years of development PHP 7.0.0 was released.

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