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.
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).
83 years ago
Federico Faggin was born, the Italian physicist and engineer who helped design the first commercial microprocessor.
81 years ago
Nicholas Negroponte was born, an American architect and founder of the One Laptop per Child Association (OLPC).
63 years ago
Safra Catz was born, an Israeli-born American business executive at Oracle Corporation.
59 years ago
Tim Westergren was born, the co-founder of Pandora and creator of Genome project.
33 years ago
The first web server outside of Europe comes online.
26 years ago
AbiWord was first released.
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.
25 years ago
Jawbone was founded.
23 years ago
Acer Peripherals (Acer CM) changed its name to BenQ.
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