Today in computer history: April 26th

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on April 26th of every year during the evolution of computers. April 26th is the 117th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 249 days left in the year from this day.

Manuel Blum pictureApril 26, 1938
86 years ago

Manuel Blum was born, a computer scientist known for his contributions to the foundations of computational complexity theory.

VirusApril 26, 1998
26 years ago

The CIH (Chernobyl) virus infecting computers and does damage a year later, the day of the Chernobyl accident in Ukraine.

GameApril 26, 2005
19 years ago

NCsoft releases the game Guild Wars.

CompanyApril 26, 2016
8 years ago

Nokia announced it had acquired Withings.

Computer, Game, Infect, NCSOFT, Nokia, Virus

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