Today in computer history: October 15th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on October 15th of every year during the evolution of computers. October 15th is the 289th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 77 days left in the year from this day.
80 years ago
Steve Crocker was born, who created the first FTC and help create the ARPANET protocols.
70 years ago
John Ousterhout was born, a Professor of computer science at University of California where he created Tcl scripting language and Tk platform.
68 years ago
The programming language FORTRAN was introduced to the public.
45 years ago
David Hansson was born, a Danish computer programmer and creator of Ruby on Rails web development framework and the Instiki wiki.
27 years ago
The game Age of Empires was released by Ensemble Studios.
26 years ago
MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. announced that it had completed the acquisition of SpryNet from America Online.
16 years ago
Adobe Photoshop CS4 (11.0) was released.
12 years ago
YouTube breaks Internet record with 8 million watching Felix Baumgartner break record by jumping from 128,100 feet.
9 years ago
Tesla announced that qualifying Tesla Model S cars would be receiving the Autopilot update that allows the Tesla cars to assist the driver.
5 years ago
Sigma Designs announced its dissolution and liquidation of its assets.
4 years ago
Google released the Pixel 5.
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