Today in computer history: October 12th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on October 12th of every year during the evolution of computers. October 12th is the 286th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 80 days left in the year from this day.
177 years ago
Siemens was founded.
137 years ago
Yamaha was founded.
105 years ago
The Olympus company was established by Takeshi Yamashita.
93 years ago
Ole-Johan Dahl was born, a Norwegian computer scientist considered to be one of the fathers of Simula and object-oriented programming. Died June 29, 2002 (Age: 70).
74 years ago
Paul Otellini was born, an American businessman and current president of Intel.
40 years ago
The United States introduced the Comprehensive Crime Control act. The act was amended several times to help prevent and protect users against computer crime and computer fraud.
20 years ago
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 was released.
9 years ago
Dell announced it had agreed to acquire EMC for approximately $67 billion.
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