Today in computer history: September 12th

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on September 12th of every year during the evolution of computers. September 12th is the 256th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 110 days left in the year from this day.

Haskell Curry pictureSeptember 12, 1900
124 years ago

Haskell Curry was born, pioneer of combinatorial logic. Died September 1, 1982 (Age: 81).

Jerry Sanders pictureSeptember 12, 1936
88 years ago

Jerry Sanders was born, the founder and former CEO of AMD.

HardwareSeptember 12, 1958
66 years ago

The first working integrated circuit was developed by Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor and Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments.

SpaceSeptember 12, 1959
65 years ago

The Luna 2 was launched and became the first human-made object to land on the moon.

GameSeptember 12, 2003
21 years ago

Valve introduced Steam.

CompanySeptember 12, 2005
19 years ago

EBay acquired Skype for approximately $2.6 billion.

AppleSeptember 12, 2006
18 years ago

Apple introduces the iTV (now known as the Apple TV).

CodeSeptember 12, 2007
17 years ago

QNX Software Systems announced the QNX source code would be released as a new hybrid software licensing that would combine the best of open source and commercial software.

AppleSeptember 12, 2012
12 years ago

Apple introduced the iPhone 5 along with the Apple EarPods.

AppleSeptember 12, 2017
7 years ago

Apple introduced the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 plus, and an edge-to-edge iPhone X with Face ID and updated Secure Enclave.

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