Today in computer history: July 25th

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on July 25th of every year during the evolution of computers. July 25th is the 207th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 159 days left in the year from this day.

IBMJuly 25, 1911
113 years ago

IBM was granted its first patent #998,631.

SpaceJuly 25, 1978
46 years ago

Louise Joy Brown becomes the first human baby born as a result of using in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Jake Lodwick pictureJuly 25, 1981
43 years ago

Jake Lodwick was born, an American software engineer best known for co-founding Vimeo.

AppleJuly 25, 2012
12 years ago

Apple released macOS X 10.8 code-named Mountain Lion.

AmazonJuly 25, 2014
10 years ago

Amazon Fire Phone was released.

GameJuly 25, 2015
9 years ago

China ended its gaming console ban after 15 years.

CompanyJuly 25, 2016
8 years ago

Verizon confirmed that it would purchase Yahoo for $4.8 billion.

GameJuly 25, 2017
7 years ago

The Fortnite game was released by Epic Games.

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