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Ken Thompson born
Ken Thompson was born in New Orlean's, Louisiana -
Thompson earns BS in Electrical Engineering
Thompson earned his Bachelors of Science Degree in 1965 from UC Berkley -
Thompson earns MS in Electrical Engineering
Thompson earned his Masters of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkley -
Thompson hired by Bell Laboratories
Thompson was hired by Bell Laboratories -
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Multics OS Project
Thompsons first project at Bell Labs was working on the Multics Operating Systme -
Thompson Develops 'Space Travel' at Bell Labs
Thompson develops the game Space Travel at Bell Labs for the Multics OS -
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Thompson and Ritchie develop UNIX
Thompson started to develop a more flexible OS to play Space Travel on obsolete computers in Bell Labs -
Thompson and Ritchie develop B programming language
The two developed the B programming language for coding, which was in conjunction with UNIX -
Thompson and Ritchie expand on B language
With the newest developments in computer, B had to be extended, so they further created the C language -
Thompson and Ritchie rewrite UNIX
In 1973 Thompson and Ritchie rewrite UNIXi in C as it is a much more widely used language -
Thompson added to two national academies
Thompson was added to the U.S. National Academy of Science and the U.S. National Academy of Engineering -
Thompson's computer program wins World Computing Chess Championship
Belle, the program Thompson developed with Joseph Condon, won the World Computing Chess Championship -
Thompson is co-winner of A.M. Turing Award
Thompson is declared a co-winner of the A.M. Turing Award, the highest award in computer science -
Thompson name fellow by Bell Labs
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Creation of Plan 9
Thompson assisted Dennis Ritchie with the creation of Plan 9 -
Creation of Inferno
Thompson assisted Ritchie in the creation of Inferno -
Awarded National Medal of Technology
Thompson and Ritchie were awarded the National Medal of Technology for the creation of UNIX -
Thompson Retires
Thompson retires from Bell Labs
