Today in computer history: January 20th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on January 20th of every year during the evolution of computers. January 20th is the 20th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 346 days left in the year from this day.
January 20, 196064 years ago
Will Wright was born, the founder of Maxis, now part of Electronic Arts and helped develop such games as SimCity, Sims, and Spore.
January 20, 198539 years ago
During Super Bowl XIX, Apple debuted its lemmings commercial to help promote The Macintosh Office. The commercial ends up being a complete failure as most feel that it insults the users.
January 20, 20177 years ago
China Oceanwide announced that it had entered a definitive agreement to acquire IDG (International Data Group, Inc.).
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