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Charles Babbage Born
Considered as the Father of Computers. -
Lady Ada Lovelace Born
Considered as the first real programmer, the ADA language was named in her honor. -
Irving John Jack Good Born
A famed statistician who worked on the Engima encryption machine. -
Dr. Frederico Faggin Born
Dr. Faggin went on to co-invent the microprocessor. -
7600 Supercomputer Announced
Control Data Corporation (CDC) makes headlines with a 40MFlops Supercomputer -
Apple Computer's IPO
The stock market goes crazy as Apple goes public. 40/1000 employees become overnight millionaires. -
IBM PC Becomes "Man of the Year"
TIME Magazine makes the IBM PC "Man of the Year". -
PC-DOS Sees v3.2
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64MB RAM Prototyped
One of the first developments obeying Moore's Law.