Today in computer history: March 31th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on March 31th of every year during the evolution of computers. March 31th is the 91th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 275 days left in the year from this day.
428 years ago
Rene Descartes was born, a French philosopher, mathematician, and writer dubbed the father of modern philosophy. Died February 11, 1650 (Age: 53).
79 years ago
Edwin Catmull was born, a computer scientist and President of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios.
76 years ago
Al Gore was born, an American politician, advocate, author, philanthropist, and environmental activist.
44 years ago
Andrew Baron was born, creator of Rocketboom, Know Your Meme and the video aggregator site, Magma.
26 years ago
Oak Technology exited the PC audio and 3D graphic market.
26 years ago
Blizzard Entertainment releases the game StarCraft for the PC.
25 years ago
The popular sci-fi movie Matrix was released.
23 years ago
Quantum sells its hard drive business to Maxtor.
22 years ago
Gentoo was released.
18 years ago
Toshiba released the first HD DVD player in Japan.
17 years ago
World Backup Day is introduced as a reminder for people to not be a fool on April 1st and backup your data.
9 years ago
ASUS released the first Chromebit.
9 years ago
Amazon introduced the Dash Button.
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