Today in computer history: December 14th

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on December 14th of every year during the evolution of computers. December 14th is the 349th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 17 days left in the year from this day.

Stewart Brand pictureDecember 14, 1938
86 years ago

Stewart Brand was born, an American writer, best known as editor of the Whole Earth Catalog.

Stephen Cook pictureDecember 14, 1939
85 years ago

Stephen Cook was born, an American-Canadian computer scientist and mathematician and one of the forefathers of computational complexity theory.

GameDecember 14, 1990
34 years ago

The first Commander Keen game, "Mooned on Mars" was released.

CompanyDecember 14, 1994
30 years ago

The W3C organization holds its first meeting.

CompanyDecember 14, 1998
26 years ago

The Learning Company announced it had entered into a definitive agreement with Mattel, Inc. for the merger of the two companies.

ComputerDecember 14, 2019
5 years ago

Yahoo announced Yahoo Groups content would no longer be hosted.

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