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Ken Thompson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. https://www.google.com/search?q=new+orleans+1940s&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS693US698&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=DRZOSzf8u0_O7M%253A%252C_GHkL-OSylgwhM%252C_&usg=__AvLQ7zyoZvi72b9M-B6GOvexPME%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlh7_G2LjZAhUHl1QKHSigDvkQ9QEILzAD#imgrc=DRZOSzf8u0_O7M:
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Thompson receives a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Berkeley. https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS693US698&biw=824&bih=687&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=oEeOWuDmHsvV0gLQ8pGoDw&q=uc+berkeley+&oq=uc+berkeley+&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i67k1l2j0j0i67k1j0j0i67k1j0j0i67k1j0j0i67k1.9303.9817.0.10235.4.4.0.0.0.0.93.338.4.4.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.4.337...0i24k1j0i8i30k1.0.cM5o4xLT1D0#imgrc=jE0-bz75LAqh0M:
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Thompson continues studying at UC Berkeley to receive a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS693US698&biw=824&bih=687&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=oEeOWuDmHsvV0gLQ8pGoDw&q=uc+berkeley+&oq=uc+berkeley+&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i67k1l2j0j0i67k1j0j0i67k1j0j0i67k1j0j0i67k1.9303.9817.0.10235.4.4.0.0.0.0.93.338.4.4.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.4.337...0i24k1j0i8i30k1.0.cM5o4xLT1D0#imgrc=jE0-bz75LAqh0M:
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Began working at the AT&T Bell laboratories Computer Sciences Research Center in New Jersey with a colleage named Dennis Ritchie. https://www.google.com/search?q=bell+laboratories&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS693US698&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwic__H83LjZAhVJqFQKHTLtA1wQ_AUICygC&biw=1330&bih=687#imgrc=OdO37B0mOPaq7M:
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Thompson creates the B programming language with Ritchie. https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS693US698&biw=1330&bih=687&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=t0yOWpSmKuOJ0gKt169g&q=ken+thompson+with+dennis+ritchie&oq=ken+thompson+with+dennis+ritchie&gs_l=psy-ab.3...1943.3508.0.3702.12.12.0.0.0.0.105.957.10j1.11.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..2.0.0....0.m240xwvaR3k#imgrc=lk7IRQvNdhwi2M:
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Ken creates the first game to ever fun on a computer. The game is called Space Travel.
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Bell Labs extracted from their MULTICS project they had been working on for years and Thompson began to rewrite the code for Space Travel to fit on the PDP-7 system.
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Ken and Dennis publish The Unix Programmer's Manual. This was the first documentation of UNIX to be released to the public after years of work.
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Kenneth Thompson rewrites UNIX in C Programming Language.
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Ken returned to University of California, Berkeley where he instals Unix on a PDP-11/17. This is the first time in which an institution has received this.
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Ken is inducted into the National Academy of Engineering for establishing the UNIX operating system.
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Together Ritchie and Thompson receive the Turning Award for the development and creation of the Unix operating system.
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Again, Thompson and Ritchie jointly accept the IEE Richard W. Hamming Medal for the creation of the Unix operating system and C programming language.
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Kenneth Thompson works with a colleague named Rob Pike at Bell labs creating a code named, UTF-8. This serves as a dominant coding for the internet.
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Together Ken and Dennis receive the 1998 National Medal of Technology from President Bill Clinton. They received this award for inventing the C programming language and the Unix operating system.
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Thompson is selected by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers as the first ever to receive the Tsutomu Kanai Award for his invention regarding the Unix operating system. [https://www.google.com/search?q=Tsutomu+Kanai+Award&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS693US698&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiu6beY5rjZAhWorVQKHRGHBfIQ_AUICigB&biw=812&bih=687#imgrc=0WmXa8P8XcDZPM:]http://www.timetoast.com
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Kenneth Thompson retires from AT&T Bell laboratories Computer Sciences Research Center.
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Thompson is offered a job at Entrisphere Inc.
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Thompson is hired to be an Engineer by Google.
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Kenneth Thompson works on Go programming language for 3 years until it is publicly released.
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Kenneth Thompson is alive and well and currently 75 years old! Cites:
https://www.google.com/search?q=go+programming+language&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS693US698&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF3OWg6bjZAhWnwlQKHXiwBMgQ_AUIDSgE&biw=812&bih=687#imgrc=bFaZIzA_xxYDXM: http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/ken-thompson/ http://www.linfo.org/thompson.html https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenneth-Lane-Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Thompson
