Today in computer history: November 1st

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on November 1st of every year during the evolution of computers. November 1st is the 306th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 60 days left in the year from this day.

CompanyNovember 1, 1948
76 years ago

ALPS was established.

Mitchell Kapor pictureNovember 1, 1950
74 years ago

Mitchell Kapor was born, the founder of Lotus Development Corporation and designer of Lotus 1-2-3.

Tim Cook pictureNovember 1, 1960
64 years ago

Tim Cook was born, the CEO of Apple after taking over from Steve Jobs on August 24, 2011.

IBMNovember 1, 1983
41 years ago

IBM announces the PCjr (PC junior) computer.

AmazonNovember 1, 1994
30 years ago

Amazon.com domain was registered.

InternetNovember 1, 1996
28 years ago

Beginning November 1, 1996, all records covered by the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) must be available online.

ComputerNovember 1, 1998
26 years ago

Computer Hope comes online.

CompanyNovember 1, 1999
25 years ago

Adaptec announced it would acquire DPT for $235 million.

CompanyNovember 1, 1999
25 years ago

S3 incorporated and Diamond announced a name change to SONICblue.

Hewlett-PackardNovember 1, 2015
9 years ago

Hewlett-Packard announced that it would split its company into two different companies. The company responsible for PC hardware devices, printers, and most consumers will be known as HP Inc. The other company responsible for servers, software, and other services geared towards business will be known as HP Enterprise.

Hewlett-PackardNovember 1, 2016
8 years ago

HPE (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise) announced that it had completed its acquisition of SGI.

GoogleNovember 1, 2019
5 years ago

Google announced it would be acquiring Fitbit for $2.1 billion.

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