Today in computer history: December 15th

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on December 15th of every year during the evolution of computers. December 15th is the 350th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 16 days left in the year from this day.

Born - ada_lovelaceDecember 15, 1815
209 years ago

Ada Lovelace was born, the world's first computer programmer. Died November 27, 1852 (Age: 36).

Brian Fargo pictureDecember 15, 1962
62 years ago

Brian Fargo was born, the American video game designer, producer, programmer, executive, and founder of developers Interplay Entertainment.

CourtDecember 15, 1964
60 years ago

Kenneth Olsen was issued U.S. patent #3,161,861 on December 15, 1964, for magnetic core memory.

ComputerDecember 15, 1994
30 years ago

Netscape version 1 was released.

InternetDecember 15, 1995
29 years ago

Internet search engine AltaVista launches.

CompanyDecember 15, 2000
24 years ago

NVIDIA corporation announced it would acquire certain related assets of 3Dfx interactive.

TimeDecember 15, 2010
14 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg named TIME magazine Person of the Year.

GoogleDecember 15, 2011
13 years ago

Google Buzz was discontinued and replaced by Google+.

ComputerDecember 15, 2017
7 years ago

AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) was discontinued as a service.

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