Today in computer history: February 7th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on February 7th of every year during the evolution of computers. February 7th is the 38th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 328 days left in the year from this day.
February 7, 1897127 years ago
Maxwell Newman was born, a British mathematician and codebreaker and one of the creators of Colossus, the first operational electronic computer. Died February 22, 1984 (Age: 87).
February 7, 1920104 years ago
An Wang was born, an engineer and inventor, and co-founder of Wang Laboratories. Died March 24, 1990 (Age: 70).
February 7, 192599 years ago
Nikolay Brusentsov was born, a Russian computer scientist known for building a ternary computer, Setun. Died December 4, 2014 (Age: 89).
February 7, 194183 years ago
Leslie Lamport was born, an American computer scientist best known as the initial developer of the document preparation system LaTeX.
February 7, 195668 years ago
Mark McCahill was born, an American programmer who has been involved in developing and popularizing many Internet technologies.
February 7, 200024 years ago
CNR was introduced by Intel.
February 7, 200717 years ago
Yahoo! releases Yahoo! Pipes.
February 7, 201212 years ago
Corel completed its acquisition of Roxio.
February 7, 201410 years ago
The Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy after $460 million was reported stolen by hackers.
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