Today in computer history: August 23th

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on August 23th of every year during the evolution of computers. August 23th is the 236th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 130 days left in the year from this day.

Paul Otlet pictureAugust 23, 1868
156 years ago

Paul Otlet was born, father of information science who created the Universal Decimal Classification. Died December 10, 1944 (Age: 76).

William Eccles pictureAugust 23, 1875
149 years ago

William Eccles was born, a British physicist and inventor of the term diode and the flip-flop circuit. Died April 29, 1966 (Age: 91).

Edgar Codd pictureAugust 23, 1923
101 years ago

Edgar Codd was born, an English computer scientist and inventor of the relational model for database management. Died April 18, 2003 (Age: 80).

Georgii Lopato pictureAugust 23, 1924
100 years ago

Georgii Lopato was born, a computer pioneer recognized as the fathers of the modern first digital computer, the Minsk. Died February 13, 2003 (Age: 79).

John Chambers pictureAugust 23, 1949
75 years ago

John Chambers was born, the chairman of the board and CEO of Cisco.

Philip Emeagwali pictureAugust 23, 1954
70 years ago

Philip Emeagwali was born, a Nigerian-born computer scientist known for his use of a Connection Machine supercomputer.

InternetAugust 23, 1991
33 years ago

The Internet was officially opened to everyone.

CompanyAugust 23, 1999
25 years ago

Willis Stein and Partners announced it would acquire Aavid for approximately $260 million.

InternetAugust 23, 1999
25 years ago

The Internet service Blogger launches.

AppleAugust 23, 2002
22 years ago

Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.2 code named Jaguar.

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