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Birth
Richard Stallman was born on March 16, 1953 -
Harvard University
Started school at Harvard University -
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Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT
Worked in the AI lab learning OS development -
Graduated from Harvard
Stallman graduated from Harvard in 1974 with a Bachelors of Arts in physics -
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Graduate Student at MIT
Worked as a graduate student in physics at MIT -
Created Emacs Text Editor
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Announced the Project Development of the GNU OS
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Stallman's Biography
Richard Stallman wrote a biography and released it under a creative commons license -
GNU OS Project Began
On this day, Stallman began the project -
Started the Free Software Foundation
Stallman began the Free Software Foundation. A nonprofit focused on user freedoms -
Founded League for Programming Freedom
Organization to unite free software developers -
Awarded: The Association for Computing Machinery's Grace Murray Hopper Award
This award is for, ""For pioneering work in the development of the extensible editor EMACS" -
Award: Doctorate honoris causa from Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology
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Free On-line Encyclopedia
Stallman called for the development of an online encyclopedia with inviting the public to share articles -
Award: Fondazione Pistoletto Prize
The Visible Award is the first European award system to sustain socially committed artistic practices and projects with a participatory and interdisciplinary approach going beyond art’s conventional confines to address the complexities of our globalized society and make a direct impact on the world. (http://www.fondazionezegna.org/en/news_fondazione/18809/)