Today in computer history: March 16th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on March 16th of every year during the evolution of computers. March 16th is the 76th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 290 days left in the year from this day.
March 16, 1789235 years ago
Georg Ohm was born, the German physicist and mathematician best known for Ohm's law. Died July 6, 1854 (Age: 65).
March 16, 1902122 years ago
Louis Couffignal was born, a French Mathematician and Cybernetics pioneer and author of La cybernétique (1978). Died 1966 (Age: 64).
March 16, 194480 years ago
Andrew Tanenbaum was born, an American computer scientist best known as the author of MINIX.
March 16, 195371 years ago
Richard Stallman was born, an American software freedom activist and computer programmer who launched the GNU project.
March 16, 196262 years ago
Philippe Kahn was born, an innovator and entrepreneur and inventor of the first camera phone.
March 16, 199925 years ago
The popular massively multiplayer role-playing game (MMORPG) EverQuest (EQ) was released.
March 16, 199925 years ago
Mac OS X was first released for servers.
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