Today in computer history: December 1st

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on December 1st of every year during the evolution of computers. December 1st is the 336th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 30 days left in the year from this day.

Gerald Lawson pictureDecember 1, 1940
84 years ago

Gerald Lawson was born, the founder of Videosoft and best known for creating one of the earliest arcade games. Died April 9, 2011 (Age: 70).

Federico Faggin pictureDecember 1, 1941
83 years ago

Federico Faggin was born, the Italian physicist and engineer who helped design the first commercial microprocessor.

Nicholas Negroponte pictureDecember 1, 1943
81 years ago

Nicholas Negroponte was born, an American architect and founder of the One Laptop per Child Association (OLPC).

Safra Catz pictureDecember 1, 1961
63 years ago

Safra Catz was born, an Israeli-born American business executive at Oracle Corporation.

Tim Westergren pictureDecember 1, 1965
59 years ago

Tim Westergren was born, the co-founder of Pandora and creator of Genome project.

InternetDecember 1, 1991
33 years ago

The first web server outside of Europe comes online.

ComputerDecember 1, 1998
26 years ago

AbiWord was first released.

DomainDecember 1, 1999
25 years ago

Business.com sells for $7.5 million and again on July 26, 2007 for $345 million, the most expensive domain name in history.

CompanyDecember 1, 1999
25 years ago

Jawbone was founded.

ComputerDecember 1, 2001
23 years ago

Acer Peripherals (Acer CM) changed its name to BenQ.

Abiword, Acer, Acer Peripherals, Domain, Founder, Game, Jawbone, Laptop, Microprocessor, OLPC, Oracle, Pandora, Peripheral, Released, Server, Web, Web server

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