Today in computer history: February 22th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on February 22th of every year during the evolution of computers. February 22th is the 53th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 313 days left in the year from this day.
February 22, 1765259 years ago
Jacob Auch was born, instrument, clock-maker, and author of Handbuch für Landuhrmacher. Died March 20, 1842 (Age: 77).
February 22, 1857167 years ago
Heinrich Hertz was born, a German physicist who proved the existence of electromagnetic waves. Died January 1, 1894 (Age: 36).
February 22, 1909115 years ago
Edmund Berkeley was born, the co-founder of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). Died March 7, 1988 (Age: 79).
February 22, 192896 years ago
Thomas Kurtz was born, the co-developer of the BASIC computer programming language.
February 22, 199628 years ago
The domain myspace.com goes online.
February 22, 199727 years ago
The world learns of Dolly, the first successfully cloned mammal.
February 22, 199925 years ago
AMD released its K6-III processors.
February 22, 200024 years ago
Red Hat released the first version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
February 22, 200123 years ago
Efficient Networks was acquired by Siemens.
February 22, 201113 years ago
Android version 3.0 (Honeycomb) was released.
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