Today in computer history: August 15th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on August 15th of every year during the evolution of computers. August 15th is the 228th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 138 days left in the year from this day.
August 15, 1893131 years ago
Leslie Comrie was born, an Astronomer and a pioneer in mechanical computation, first to use punched cards. Died December 11, 1950 (Age: 57).
August 15, 1914110 years ago
Paul Rand was born, an American graphic designer, best known for his corporate logo designs. Died November 26, 1996 (Age: 82).
August 15, 195866 years ago
Sergio Verdu was born, a professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University who teaches and conducts research on Information Theory.
August 15, 200618 years ago
AMD introduced the Socket F CPU socket.
August 15, 201113 years ago
Google announces it will acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion.
August 15, 201212 years ago
Employees of Saudi Aramco began to notice their computers were acting strangely. They later discovered that they are victims of the largest cyber attack to date. The attack resulted in the data of at least 35,000 computers being partially or totally wiped out. The company's network did not come back online until five months later.
August 15, 20168 years ago
The open source operating system Fuchsia was first released.
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