History of Computers

Christopher Sholes creates first Typewriter

Jan 1, 1868

QWERTY Keyboard invented

Jan 1, 1878

Colossus Mark 1 invented to hel Military

Jan 1, 1943

ENIAC computer invented

Jan 1, 1947

UNIVAC is created

Jan 1, 1951

UNIVAC is used to predict presidental election

Jan 1, 1952

Transistor Effect wins Nobel Prize

Jan 1, 1956

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1956/

Steve Russell creates "Spacewar"

Jan 1, 1962

Jack Kilby started research on the integrated circuit

Jan 1, 1962

http://inventors.about.com/od/istartinventions/a/intergrated_circuit.htm

Douglas Engelbart creates computer mouse

Jan 1, 1964

US Department of Defense used Arapnet to allow military bases to communicate with each other.

Jan 1, 1969

Microprocessor

Jan 1, 1970

Ray Tomlinson recieved first e-mail

Jan 1, 1971

"The Creeper" virus spreads

Jan 1, 1971

IBM 5100 portable laptop released

Jan 1, 1975

Steve Jobs creates first Apple Computer

Jan 1, 1976

Seymour Rubenstein and Rob Barnaby create WordStar

Jan 1, 1979

Osborne 1 costs $1,795

Jan 1, 1981

Time Magazine named the computer the "Machine of the Year"

Jan 1, 1982

Scott E. Fahlman creates sideways smiley face

Jan 1, 1982

Tim Berners-Lee introduces the World Wide Web

Jan 1, 1989

Google incorporated

Sep 4, 1998

First Ipod released

Jan 1, 2001

first smartphone capable of receiving e-mail and accessing the Internet released

Jan 1, 2002

first Ipod touch released

Jan 1, 2007

Iphone 1 is released

Jun 29, 2007

Ipod shuffle is released

Jan 1, 2010

First Ipad is released

Mar 3, 2010

Iphone 5c is released

Jan 1, 2013