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.

CompanyJuly 17, 1899
125 years ago

Nippon Electric Company was renamed to NEC Corporation.

Gerrot Blaauw pictureJuly 17, 1924
100 years ago

Gerrot Blaauw was born, one of the principal designers of the IBM System/360. Died March 21, 2018 (Age: 93).

E-mailJuly 17, 1997
27 years ago

The Internet suffers one of the largest e-mail disruptions due to programming error, resulting in millions of unsent e-mails.

CompanyJuly 17, 2001
23 years ago

Corel purchased Micrografx Inc.

ComputerJuly 17, 2013
11 years ago

Computer Chess was released.

ComputerJuly 17, 2015
9 years ago

A drone from Flirtey makes a medical delivery and becomes the first government-approved drone delivery.

CompanyJuly 17, 2016
8 years ago

SoftBank announced its plans to buy ARM Holdings for $32 billion.

Arm, ARM Holdings, Computer, Corel, Drone, E-mail, Error, Government, IBM, Internet, NEC, Programming, Released, Result, SoftBank

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