Computer Timeline By Noah Supple Nov 15, 1936 First freely programmable computer. Link Nov 16, 1944 The Harvard Mark 1 computer. Link Nov 15, 1951 First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners. Link Nov 15, 1954 The first successful high level programming language. Nov 15, 1955 The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks Nov 15, 1962 The first computer game invented. Nov 15, 1964 Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end. Nov 15, 1983 The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface.