Today in computer history: May 17
The 137th day of 2022. There are 228 days left in the year from this day.

225 years ago
Joseph Henry was born, an American scientist who discovered the electromagnetic phenomenon of self-inductance. Died May 13, 1878 (Age: 80).

157 years ago
The committee now known as the ITU was founded.

82 years ago
Alan Kay was born, a computer pioneer who help create the idea of a laptop computer, GUI, Ethernet, laser printing, and Smalltalk.

67 years ago
An wang was issued patent #2,708,722 helping develop magnetic core memory.

23 years ago
The Intel Pentium III 550MHz processor was introduced.

13 years ago
Minecraft game was released.

3 years ago
Hewlett-Packard announced the purchase of Cray for $1.3 billion.
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