Today in computer history: November 7th

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on November 7th of every year during the evolution of computers. November 7th is the 312th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 54 days left in the year from this day.

Barbara Liskov pictureNovember 7, 1939
85 years ago

Barbara Liskov was born, the first women in the United States to be awarded a Ph.D. from a computer science department.

Gordon Eubanks pictureNovember 7, 1946
78 years ago

Gordon Eubanks was born, a microcomputer pioneer and author of CBASIC.

InternetNovember 7, 1994
30 years ago

WXYC (89.3 FM Chapel Hill, NC USA) becomes first traditional radio station to announce broadcasting on the Internet.

HackerNovember 7, 2013
11 years ago

Over 150 million records appear online from Adobe hack.

TwitterNovember 7, 2017
7 years ago

Twitter officially expands everyone's character limit from 140 characters to 280 characters.

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