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John was Born
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George Robert Stibitz is internationally recognized as one of the fathers of the modern first digital computer.
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Konrad Zuse was a German civil engineer, inventor and computer pioneer. His greatest achievement was the world's first programmable computer; the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 became operational in May 1941.
Died: December 18, 1995 -
Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS was a British pioneering computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, mathematical biologist, and marathon and ultra distance runner.
Died: June 7, 1954 -
Jean was born
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Jean was born
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Philip Donald Estridge, known as Don Estridge, led development of the original IBM Personal Computer, and thus is known as "father of the IBM PC"
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Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf is an American internet pioneer, who is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with American engineer Bob Kahn.
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Anita Borg was an American computer scientist. She founded the Institute for Women and Technology and the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. She was born Anita Borg Naffz in Chicago, Illinois.
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Al was Born
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Alan Cooper is an American software designer and programmer. Widely recognized as the “Father of Visual Basic," Cooper is also known for his books on About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design
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Steve Jobs Was Born
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Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee, OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, FRSA, DFBCS, also known as TimBL, is an English computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web.
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William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor.
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Robert Tappan Morris is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is best known for creating the Morris Worm in 1988, considered the first computer worm on the Internet, and for companies he has founded.