Today in computer history: July 17th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on July 17th of every year during the evolution of computers. July 17th is the 199th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 167 days left in the year from this day.
125 years ago
Nippon Electric Company was renamed to NEC Corporation.
100 years ago
Gerrot Blaauw was born, one of the principal designers of the IBM System/360. Died March 21, 2018 (Age: 93).
27 years ago
The Internet suffers one of the largest e-mail disruptions due to programming error, resulting in millions of unsent e-mails.
23 years ago
Corel purchased Micrografx Inc.
11 years ago
Computer Chess was released.
9 years ago
A drone from Flirtey makes a medical delivery and becomes the first government-approved drone delivery.
8 years ago
SoftBank announced its plans to buy ARM Holdings for $32 billion.
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