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.
April 26, 1938
86 years ago
86 years ago
Manuel Blum was born, a computer scientist known for his contributions to the foundations of computational complexity theory.
April 26, 1998
26 years ago
26 years ago
The CIH (Chernobyl) virus infecting computers and does damage a year later, the day of the Chernobyl accident in Ukraine.
April 26, 2005
19 years ago
19 years ago
NCsoft releases the game Guild Wars.
April 26, 2016
8 years ago
8 years ago
Nokia announced it had acquired Withings.
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