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Konrad Zuse created a mechanical calculator called the Z1, the first bianary computer. This was important because it started the whole computer generation.
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The first handheld two-way radio called the "Handy Talkie" is created for the U.S. Army. This was important because it started the whole walkie talkie generation and helped in the army.
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The first comuter game, called SpaceWar, was invented by Steve Russell. It was a two-player game involving spaceships in war. The goal was to fight your opponent while at the same time avoiding the sun's gravitational pull. This was important because it started computer gameing.
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Intel invents and publicly releases the world's first DRAM chip, called 1103. This was important because memory was now available, stronger, and faster.
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This tape was now devoloped in the United States providing many uses for electronics. This was important because it helped fix things like broken wires.
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Apple emerged by creating a GUI computer causing competeition with windows. This was important because it started the two company's competition against each other.
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Now the public could acess the WWW, all public websites connected to the internet. This was so important because it basicaly connected the public to the internet, which is a huge part of modern lives today.
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Google was founded by Sergey Brin/Larry Page and PayPal was founded by Peter Thiel/Max Levchin. This event is important because it started the use of google, which is the number one search engine today.
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Manufactored by Microscoft, the Xbox was introduced. It allowed gaming with an internet connection. This is an important event because it started one of today's loved gameing systems.
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Steve Jobs, creater of Apple computers and owner of Pixar, passes away. This sad event is important because of all that Steve Jobs did for the computer industry.
