Today in computer history: December 17th

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on December 17th of every year during the evolution of computers. December 17th is the 352th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 14 days left in the year from this day.

ComputerDecember 17, 1903
121 years ago

Wilbur and Orville Wright both take the first flight.

Kenneth Iverson pictureDecember 17, 1920
104 years ago

Kenneth Iverson was born, a Canadian computer scientist noted for the development of the APL programming language in 1962. Died October 19, 2004 (Age: 83).

GoogleDecember 17, 2010
14 years ago

Google Base was deprecated.

MovieDecember 17, 2010
14 years ago

The movie Tron: Legacy was released.

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