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Richard Stallman Begins Work on GNU
January 5, 1984 Richard Stallman begins work on the GNU operating system, intended to be a free UNIX-like OS. Combined with the Linux kernel, GNU/Linux is the most popular free and open-source operating system today. Believing that people should be able to freely modify the software they use, Stallman would later found the Free Software…
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Spirit Lands on Mars
January 4, 2004 Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars. The post Spirit Lands on Mars appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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The Genesis of Bitcoin
This isn’t really the Bitcoin Genesis Block, but you knew that, right? January 3, 2009 The pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto mines the first 50 bitcoins, now known as the Genesis Block, six days before the initial release of the bitcoin software and launch of the cryptocurrency network. Bitcoin has become the de-facto digital currency, popular for its decentralized approach…
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Stardust Flies By Comet Wild 2
January 2, 2004 The NASA spacecraft Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth. The post Stardust Flies By Comet Wild 2 appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Domain Name System Created; .com is Born!
January 1, 1985 The Internet’s Domain Name System is created. If only I had the foresight back then to start registering .com names! NORDU.NET was the first domain created on this day, for purposes of hosting the first domain root server, nic.nordu.net. However, the first domain to actually be registered was symbolics.com a couple of months later on…
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Y2K Looms
December 31, 1999 The world waits in anticipation of the year 2000 and the potential disasters that might be brought about by the Y2K bug. Personally, having worked years in a corporate environment getting ready for Y2K, I was pretty confident that nothing major would happen. So just for fun, I set up my home…
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Jeff Bezos Named Person of the Year
December 27, 1999 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is named Person of the Year by Time Magazine. The post Jeff Bezos Named Person of the Year appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Jeff Bezos Named Person of the Year
December 27, 1999 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is named Person of the Year by Time Magazine. The post Jeff Bezos Named Person of the Year appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Jeff Bezos Named Person of the Year
December 27, 1999 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is named Person of the Year by Time Magazine. The post Jeff Bezos Named Person of the Year appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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A Virus on Christmas?
December 25, 1987 The Christmas virus begins to effect IBM mainframe computers around the world. Technically defined as a worm, the Christmas virus drew a Christmas tree text graphic on the victim’s monitor and searched out other network users. Named CHRISTMA EXEC because IBM systems only supported eight-character filenames, it was the world’s first widely disruptive computer worm. The…