Today in computer history: April 24th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on April 24th of every year during the evolution of computers. April 24th is the 115th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 251 days left in the year from this day.
April 24, 192599 years ago
Mark Pinsker was born, a Russian mathematician who fields of study included information theory, probability theory and coding theory. Died December 23, 2003 (Age: 78).
April 24, 194579 years ago
Larry Tesler was born, an American computer scientist and inventor of copy and paste. Died February 16, 2020 (Age: 74).
April 24, 194975 years ago
John Thomson was born, a former vice president at IBM and former CEO of Symantec.
April 24, 197054 years ago
China's first satellite the "Dong Fang Hong I" was launched into space.
April 24, 198341 years ago
Alexis Ohanian was born, an American entrepreneur and angel investor best known for investing in Reddit.
April 24, 199034 years ago
Hubble Telescope goes to space.
April 24, 200024 years ago
ATI introduces the Radeon video card product line.
April 24, 200519 years ago
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 edition was released.
April 24, 20159 years ago
Apple officially released the Apple Watch.
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