Today in computer history: December 9th

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on December 9th of every year during the evolution of computers. December 9th is the 344th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 22 days left in the year from this day.

Samuel Hopkins pictureDecember 9, 1743
281 years ago

Samuel Hopkins was born, first person granted U.S. patent. Died 1818 (Age: 75).

Grace Hopper pictureDecember 9, 1906
118 years ago

Grace Hopper was born, the female officer who extended the meaning of debug and is erroneously credited as coining the term bug. Died January 1, 1992 (Age: 85).

HardwareDecember 9, 1968
56 years ago

Douglas Engelbart demos the mouse, video conferencing, teleconferencing, object addressing, and word processor on the NLS.

MicrosoftDecember 9, 1987
37 years ago

Microsoft introduces Windows 2.0.

AmazonDecember 9, 2001
23 years ago

Amazon.com bought the Egghead.com domain.

ComputerDecember 9, 2014
10 years ago

The FIDO Alliance released their first official specification.

IBMDecember 9, 2014
10 years ago

IBM announced it would no longer support Lotus Symphony.

HackerDecember 9, 2021
3 years ago

The log4j security vulnerabilities was announced.

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