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.

CompanyOctober 12, 1847
177 years ago

Siemens was founded.

CompanyOctober 12, 1887
137 years ago

Yamaha was founded.

CompanyOctober 12, 1919
105 years ago

The Olympus company was established by Takeshi Yamashita.

Ole-Johan Dahl pictureOctober 12, 1931
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).

Paul Otellini pictureOctober 12, 1950
74 years ago

Paul Otellini was born, an American businessman and current president of Intel.

Bram Cohen pictureOctober 12, 1975
49 years ago

Bram Cohen was born, the author of the P2P BitTorrent protocol.

Sarah Lane pictureOctober 12, 1976
48 years ago

Sarah Lane was born, an American television and Internet personality.

ComputerOctober 12, 1984
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.

ComputerOctober 12, 1988
36 years ago

Steve Jobs unveils the NeXT computer.

MicrosoftOctober 12, 2004
20 years ago

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 was released.

CompanyOctober 12, 2015
9 years ago

Dell announced it had agreed to acquire EMC for approximately $67 billion.

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