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Daily Tech History: October 16, 1959 — Control Data Announces the CDC 1604
On October 16, 1959, Control Data Corporation announced the CDC 1604, Seymour Cray’s fast, fully-transistorized first computer for the fledgling company.
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Daily Tech History: October 15, 1956 — IBM Publishes the First FORTRAN Reference Manual
On October 15, 1956, IBM released the first FORTRAN reference manual, introducing the rules for what became the first widely used high-level programming language.
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Daily Tech History: October 14, 1957 — The British Computer Society Is Incorporated
On October 14, 1957, the British Computer Society was incorporated under founding president Maurice Wilkes, becoming one of the world’s first professional bodies for…
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Daily Tech History: October 13, 1971 — Intel Goes Public on NASDAQ
On October 13, 1971, Intel held its initial public offering on the newly formed NASDAQ exchange, just weeks before launching the 4004, the world’s…
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Daily Tech History: October 12, 1988 — Steve Jobs Unveils the NeXT Computer
On October 12, 1988, Steve Jobs returned to the spotlight with the unveiling of the NeXT Computer, a striking cube-shaped machine whose NeXTSTEP software…
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Daily Tech History: October 11, 1968 — Apollo 7 Returns NASA to Crewed Spaceflight
Apollo 7 launched on October 11, 1968, NASA’s first crewed Apollo mission and its first human spaceflight since the fatal Apollo 1 fire.
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Daily Tech History: October 10, 1958 — Jack Tramiel Incorporates the Company That Becomes Commodore
On October 10, 1958, Jack Tramiel incorporated a small Toronto typewriter importer that would eventually become Commodore International, maker of the best-selling Commodore 64.
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Daily Tech History: October 9, 1876 — Bell and Watson Make the First Long-Distance Two-Way Call
On October 9, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson held a three-hour, two-mile telephone conversation between Boston and Cambridge, proving the telephone could…
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Daily Tech History: October 8, 1960 — Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings Is Born
On this day in 1960, future Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings was born in Boston.
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Daily Tech History: October 7, 1959 — Luna 3 Photographs the Moon’s Far Side
On October 7, 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 3 captured the first-ever photographs of the Moon’s hidden far side.
