Today in computer history: January 10th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on January 10th of every year during the evolution of computers. January 10th is the 10th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 356 days left in the year from this day.
January 10, 1910114 years ago
Major H.A. 'Jimmie' Erickson took the first photos from a plane.
January 10, 1918106 years ago
Alexander L'vovich Brudno was born, a computer scientist who discovered the alpha-beta algorithm. Died December 1, 2009 (Age: 91).
January 10, 193886 years ago
Donald Knuth was born, the father of analysis of algorithms, creator of the TeX computer typesetting system and metafont font.
January 10, 193886 years ago
Lynn Conway was born, an American computer scientist, electrical engineer, and inventor who invented the generalized dynamic instruction handling.
January 10, 194678 years ago
US Army Signal Corps successfully received an echo bounce from a radar signal sent to the moon.
January 10, 199628 years ago
The file format PNG was introduced.
January 10, 200024 years ago
AOL acquires Time Warner and becomes AOL Time Warner.
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