Programming History By wdinse May 8, 1830 Charles Babbage's Analytical Macine is Invented This early programming tool utilized punched cards. Jan 1, 1904 Vacuum Tube is invented Aug 2, 1906 Type I Tabulator is modified by Herman Hollerith Dec 9, 1909 Percy Ludgate invents an early Programmable Computer Sep 8, 1946 ENIAC computer is developed Oct 7, 1954 FORTAN Device is invented Jul 2, 1962 Magnetic Core Memory is developed Nov 1, 1966 Hewlett-Packard develops the 2116A Minicomputer Feb 19, 1969 Nova is created by General Data Jan 17, 1971 Illiac IV was invented (fastest computer of its time) Dec 8, 1971 Intel releases first microprocessor Nov 6, 1973 Don Lancaster invents the TV Typewriter Apr 1, 1991 C++ 2.0 is released Dec 15, 1999 Microsoft develops Windows 2000 Mar 24, 2001 OS X is created by Apple