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.

Edith Clarke pictureFebruary 10, 1883
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).

Walter Brattain pictureFebruary 10, 1902
122 years ago

Walter Brattain was born, an inventor that helped invent the transistor. Died October 13, 1987 (Age: 85).

Abraham Lempel pictureFebruary 10, 1936
88 years ago

Abraham Lempel was born, the father of LZ family of lossless data compression algorithms.

David Parnas pictureFebruary 10, 1941
83 years ago

David Parnas was born, a pioneer of software engineering.

Gary McKinnon pictureFebruary 10, 1966
58 years ago

Gary McKinnon was born, a Scottish system administrator and hacker.

Martha Fox pictureFebruary 10, 1973
51 years ago

Martha Fox was born, English businesswoman, charity trustee, and co-founder of lastminute.com.

IBMFebruary 10, 1996
28 years ago

IBM computer Deep Blue beats chess master Garry Kasparov for the first time.

GoogleFebruary 10, 2010
14 years ago

Google Fiber was released.

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