Today in computer history: May 22th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on May 22th of every year during the evolution of computers. May 22th is the 143th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 223 days left in the year from this day.
May 22, 1783241 years ago
William Sturgeon was born, a physicist and inventor who was first to make electromagnets and inventor of the first practical English electric motor. Died December 4, 1850 (Age: 67).
May 22, 197351 years ago
The Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) was established to perform basic computing and electronic research.
May 22, 198044 years ago
Namco released Pac-Man as an arcade game in Japan.
May 22, 198440 years ago
Dustin Moskovitz was born, a co-founder of the social networking website Facebook.
May 22, 199034 years ago
Microsoft Windows 3.0 was released.
May 22, 199826 years ago
Unreal was released by Epic MegaGames. The game is credited by helping to popularize the Unreal engine, which still is used today.
May 22, 200717 years ago
Google releases Google Trends.
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