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.
209 years ago
Ada Lovelace was born, the world's first computer programmer. Died November 27, 1852 (Age: 36).
62 years ago
Brian Fargo was born, the American video game designer, producer, programmer, executive, and founder of developers Interplay Entertainment.
60 years ago
Kenneth Olsen was issued U.S. patent #3,161,861 on December 15, 1964, for magnetic core memory.
30 years ago
Netscape version 1 was released.
29 years ago
Internet search engine AltaVista launches.
24 years ago
NVIDIA corporation announced it would acquire certain related assets of 3Dfx interactive.
13 years ago
Google Buzz was discontinued and replaced by Google+.
7 years ago
AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) was discontinued as a service.
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