Today in computer history: July 15th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on July 15th of every year during the evolution of computers. July 15th is the 197th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 169 days left in the year from this day.
July 15, 195074 years ago
Arianna Huffington was born, a Greek-American author and syndicated columnist.
July 15, 198341 years ago
Famicom home computer and video game console released by Nintendo in Japan. When released later in the US it would be known as the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System).
July 15, 199529 years ago
Amazon.com was officially opened.
July 15, 200321 years ago
The Mozilla Foundation was officially formed.
July 15, 200618 years ago
Twttr, now known as Twitter was officially launched.
July 15, 201113 years ago
Android version 3.2 was released.
July 15, 20159 years ago
The Impact Team announced it had hacked the Ashley Madison site and would release all information about its 35 million users if the site did not shut down.
July 15, 20204 years ago
A hacker used social engineering to gain access to a Twitter employees account that gave them access to all accounts where they interacted with 130 accounts tweeting a cryptocurrency scam. Some of the people on Twitter affected included Apple, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and many others.
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