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.
71 years ago
Paul Allen was born, the co-founder of Microsoft. Died October 15, 2018 (Age: 65).
50 years ago
Kim Dotcom was born, a German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur also known as Kimble.
24 years ago
The domain twitter.com goes online.
17 years ago
Intel releases the Core2 Duo Processor E4300 (2M Cache, 1.80 GHz, 800 MHz FSB).
11 years ago
The US division of Atari filed for bankruptcy.
4 years ago
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, revealed that his personal smartphone was hacked.
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