Today in computer history: January 21th

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on January 21th of every year during the evolution of computers. January 21th is the 21th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 345 days left in the year from this day.

Hasso Plattner pictureJanuary 21, 1944
80 years ago

Hasso Plattner was born, the co-founder of software giant SAP AG.

Paul Allen pictureJanuary 21, 1953
71 years ago

Paul Allen was born, the co-founder of Microsoft. Died October 15, 2018 (Age: 65).

Kim Dotcom pictureJanuary 21, 1974
50 years ago

Kim Dotcom was born, a German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur also known as Kimble.

HackerJanuary 21, 2000
24 years ago

Kevin Mitnick was released from prison.

TwitterJanuary 21, 2000
24 years ago

The domain twitter.com goes online.

IntelJanuary 21, 2007
17 years ago

Intel releases the Core2 Duo Processor E4300 (2M Cache, 1.80 GHz, 800 MHz FSB).

BankruptJanuary 21, 2013
11 years ago

The US division of Atari filed for bankruptcy.

HackerJanuary 21, 2020
4 years ago

Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, revealed that his personal smartphone was hacked.

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