1994 Death Gary Kildall, creator of CP/M, dies at 52 1994 Death James Topping, author of CP/M, dies at 52 1984 Death Enrico Berlinguer, Secretary-General (CP) Italy, dies 1968 Event 1st pulsar announced (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) 1968 Event 1st pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) 1964 Event Italians CP selects Luigi Longo as chairman 1961 Event Dmitri Shostakovich becomes member of CP of U.S.S.R. 1956 Event E Ochab succeeds Beirut as 1st secretary of Polish CP 1955 Death Charley Toorop, Annie CP Fernhout-Toorop, Dutch painter, dies at 64 1942 Birthday Gary Kildall, creator of CP/M 1942 Birthday James Topping, author of CP/M 1937 Birthday Jacobus H "Koos" van de Merwe, South Africa attorney/CP parliament leader 1927 Event Trotsky expelled from Soviet CP; Stalin becomes undisputed dictator 1917 Birthday Pam Henningen, Cornelia CP Ingenegeren, Indonesian/Dutch dancer 1913 Birthday Edward Gierek, party leader, Polish CP 1906 Birthday Andrei P Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of CP 1904 Birthday Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy/founded, CP Palestina
