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2007 Apple Computer unveils the revolutionary iPhone
2005 Apple Computer announces they will switch to Intel processors in 2006 2003 Adam Osborne, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 2000 John W. Tukey, professor/computer theorist, The Practice of Data Analysis, dies at 85 1998 Apple discontinues developing Newton computer 1997 Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO 1997 Microsoft announces it will invest $150 million in Apple Computer Inc 1997 Saudi Arab billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal aquires 5% of Apple Computer 1996 Charles Edwin Molnar, computer pioneer, dies at 61 1996 Seymour Cray, computer designer, dies in auto accident at 71 1996 Tommy Rettig, actor (Lassie)/computer programmer (Clipper), dies at 54 1994 Charlotte Auerbach, computer pioneer/mathematician, dies at 84 1992 John G Kemeny, U.S. computer pioneer (BASIC), dies 1992 Kris Tschetter wins LPGA Northgate Computer Golf Classic 1992 Vinson Pike fined 1000 pounds for distributing obscene computer pictures 1992 Grace Hopper, computer scientist, dies at 85 1991 Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Northgate Computer Golf Classic 1991 Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell 1990 An Wang, computer manufacturer (Wang), dies at 70 of cancer 1990 AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch 1989 Police computer accuses 41,000 Parisians of murder/prostitution 1989 U.S. computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus 1988 Andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies 1988 Cornell confirms grad student source of worst computer sabotage 1988 IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer 1988 9 hard/software manufacturers announce EISA computer bus in New York 1988 Radio Shack announces Tandy 1000 SL computer 1987 Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City 1985 Computer store owner in Sacramento California killed by package bomb 1985 STS-51-I scrubbed at T -9m because of an onboard computer problem 1984 STS-41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem 1984 Apple Computer unveils its Macintosh personal computer 1983 Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip) 1983 Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (Coco2) 1982 TIME's Man of the Year is a computer 1982 Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, and landscape display 1981 IBM-PC computer introduced 1981 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded 1980 US's copyright law amended to include computer programs 1980 1st consumer use of home banking by computer 1980 Apollo Computer Inc. incorporated 1979 CompuServe began operation as 1st computer information service 1979 "The Source," 1st computer public information service, goes on-line 1978 1st Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward and Randy's CBBS, Chicago) 1977 1st TRS-80 computer sold 1977 1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold 1977 Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered 1977 Apple Computer ships its 1st Apple II 1977 Apple II, the 1st personal computer, goes on sale 1977 HCC, Hobby Computer Club, forms in Netherlands 1977 Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer 1976 Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs founded Apple Computer 1974 Popular Electronics displays Altair 8800 computer 1971 Donald Wolf, computer game creator 1970 IBM announces System 370 computer 1970 1st computer chess tournament 1970 Super Fight, computer mock championship between Ali and Marciano 1964 Kris Tschetter, born in Detroit, Michigan, LPGA golfer, 1992 Northgate Computer 1964 1st BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth) 1962 Howard Engstrom, Boston, a designer of UNIVAC computer, dies at 59 1961 Richard Allen Garriott, born in Cambridge, England, computer game designer, Origin 1959 Cindy Rarick, born in Glenwood, Minnesota, LPGA golfer, 1991 Northgate Computer 1956 Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory 1955 Steve Jobs, co-founder, Apple Computer 1954 1st FORTRAN computer program run 1954 Michael W. Butler, computer programmer, created TODAY program 1951 Esther Dyson, born in Zurich, Switzerland, computer publisher, Release 1.0 1951 1st commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau 1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory 1948 1st stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I 1947 Alan Sugar, English multi-millionaire/computer manufacturer, Amstrad 1947 Colin Sanders, British computer engineer, Solid State Logic 1946 ENIAC, U.S. 1st computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert 1945 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweasers from a relay and taped into the log 1944 Paul Lansky, born in New York, composer, electronic music, computer music language pioneer, studied with George Perle and Milton Babbitt, professor of music at Princeton University 1943 Peter Rigby, CEO, Specialist Computer Holdings 1942 Charles Dodge, born in Ames, Iowa, composer, electronic music, computer music genres, studied with Gunther Schuller, Darius Milhaud 1940 Clive Sinclair, British computer inventor, ZX Spectrum 1939 Adam Osborne, born in Thailand, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 1939 Peter Struycken, statues/computer expert/teacher 1937 Larry Boxx, founder, Land B Computer Serv 1934 Niklaus Wirth, born in Switzerland, computer programmer and inventor, PASCAL 1927 Marvin Minsky, Artifical intelligence computer scientist, MIT 1925 Seymour Cray, inventor, Cray I computer 1924 John Backus, inventor, FORTRAN computer language 1912 Alan Turing, mathematician/pioneer in computer theory, Turing Machine 1910 Charlotte Auerbach, computer Pioneer/Mathematician 1906 Grace Murray Hopper, computer innovator 1905 Laszlo Kalmar, born in Hungary, mathematician, discovered mathematical logic, founder, theoretical computer science in Hungary 1902 Howard T. Engstrom, born in Boston, computer designer, UNIVAC 1889 1st Computer patented 1833 Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage |
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