Today in computer history: January 12th

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on January 12th of every year during the evolution of computers. January 12th is the 12th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 354 days left in the year from this day.

James Gray pictureJanuary 12, 1944
80 years ago

James Gray was born, a scientist best known his transaction processing research and technical leadership in system implementation. Died January 28, 2007 (Age: 63).

Jeff Bezos pictureJanuary 12, 1964
60 years ago

Jeff Bezos was born, the founder, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of Amazon.

Hans Anvin pictureJanuary 12, 1972
52 years ago

Hans Anvin was born, a Swedish computer programmer known for his contributions to free and open source projects.

AndroidJanuary 12, 2010
14 years ago

Android version 2.1 was released.

Amazon, Android, CEO, Computer, Founder, Open source, Processing, Programmer, Released, Research, Source, Transaction, Transaction processing

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