Today in computer history: February 10th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on February 10th of every year during the evolution of computers. February 10th is the 41th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 325 days left in the year from this day.
141 years ago
Edith Clarke was born, an electrical engineer and the first woman employed as an electrical engineer in the United States. Died October 29, 1959 (Age: 76).
122 years ago
Walter Brattain was born, an inventor that helped invent the transistor. Died October 13, 1987 (Age: 85).
88 years ago
Abraham Lempel was born, the father of LZ family of lossless data compression algorithms.
51 years ago
Martha Fox was born, English businesswoman, charity trustee, and co-founder of lastminute.com.
28 years ago
IBM computer Deep Blue beats chess master Garry Kasparov for the first time.
14 years ago
Google Fiber was released.
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