Today in computer history: August 31th

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on August 31th of every year during the evolution of computers. August 31th is the 244th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 122 days left in the year from this day.

Emanuel Goldberg pictureAugust 31, 1881
143 years ago

Emanuel Goldberg was born, the inventor of such inventions as microdots, the kinamo movie camera, and the Contax 35mm camera. Died September 13, 1970 (Age: 89).

CourtAugust 31, 1897
127 years ago

Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, a motion picture viewer.

Hugh Ross pictureAugust 31, 1917
107 years ago

Hugh Ross was born, an early pioneer in the history of British computing.

GameAugust 31, 1995
29 years ago

The game Command & Conquer was released by Westwood Studios.

GameAugust 31, 1995
29 years ago

The game Need for Speed was released for the PC.

CompanyAugust 31, 1998
26 years ago

The Learning Company announced the completion of its merger with Broderbund Software.

HardwareAugust 31, 1999
25 years ago

NVIDIA introduces the GPU and GeForce.

AdobeAugust 31, 1999
25 years ago

Adobe InDesign was introduced.

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