Today in computer history: April 27th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on April 27th of every year during the evolution of computers. April 27th is the 118th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 248 days left in the year from this day.
233 years ago
Samuel Morse was born, the inventor of Morse code. Died April 2, 1872 (Age: 80).
131 years ago
The first Underwood typewriter was invented by Franz Xaver Wagner and was filed for a U.S. patent.
79 years ago
Lee Felsenstein was born, one of the original founders of the Homebrew computer club.
43 years ago
Xerox introduced the Star workstation. The graphical user interface of the computer that greatly influenced future Apple computers including the Lisa and Macintosh.
26 years ago
Koko, a gorilla ape and student of American Sign Language holds first interspecies live Internet chat.
17 years ago
Tumblr was launched.
15 years ago
Android version 1.5 (Cupcake) was released.
14 years ago
AMD released the first Phenom II X6 (hex/six core) processors.
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