Today in computer history: June 16th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on June 16th of every year during the evolution of computers. June 16th is the 168th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 198 days left in the year from this day.
113 years ago
IBM was founded.
109 years ago
John Tukey was born, an American statistician best known for the development of the FFT algorithm and box plot. Died July 26, 2000 (Age: 85).
41 years ago
The MSX computer architecture was announced by Microsoft.
30 years ago
Geek Squad was founded.
7 years ago
Amazon announced it had entered a definite merger agreement with Whole Foods market, Inc. for $13.7 billion.
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