Today in computer history: July 16th

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on July 16th of every year during the evolution of computers. July 16th is the 198th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 168 days left in the year from this day.

Reynold Johnson pictureJuly 16, 1906
118 years ago

Reynold Johnson was born, the inventor of the disk drive and videocassette tape. Died September 15, 1998 (Age: 92).

Dan Bricklin pictureJuly 16, 1951
73 years ago

Dan Bricklin was born, the creator of VisiCalc.

Larry Sanger pictureJuly 16, 1968
56 years ago

Larry Sanger was born, an American online knowledge organizer and co-founder of Wikipedia.

MicrosoftJuly 16, 1997
27 years ago

Microsoft releases DirectX 5.0 (4.05.00.0155).

CompanyJuly 16, 2009
15 years ago

Macrovision renamed to Rovi Corporation.

DirectX, Disk, Disk drive, Drive, Founder, Inventor, Knowledge, Macrovision, Microsoft, Tape, Videocassette, VisiCalc, Wikipedia

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