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The first Radio Shack catalog is published.
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The first handheld two-way radio called the "Handy Talkie" is created by Motorola for the U.S. Army Signal Control.
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Dennis Ritchie is born September 9, 1941.
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Steven Hawking is born January 8, 1942.
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ISO is founded.
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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is established September 18, 1947.
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Andrew Donald Booth creates magnetic drum memory, which is two inches long and two inches wide and capable of holding 10 bits per inch.
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The Australian computer CSIRAC is first ran.
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The National Security Agency (NSA) is formed November 4, 1952.
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Casio is established.
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Panasonic is founded.
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Kevin Mitnick is born August 6, 1963.
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On April 7, 1964 IBM introduces its System/360, the first of its computers to use interchangeable software and peripheral equipment.
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Millions watch for the first time a space probe crashing into the moon on March 24, 1965.
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The programming language BCPL is created.
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Bob Propst invents the office cubicle.
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The first Toshiba floppy disk drive is introduced.
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Xerox exits the computer market on July 21, 1975.
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Matrox is founded.
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Saitek is founded
