TechHistory9a By tbenjamin Period: Jan 1, 1822 to Apr 14, 2005 The History of Computers Dec 26, 1822 The first mechanical computer was designed by Charles Babbage 1822 – First mechanical computer designed by Charles Babbage Jul 28, 1902 Air conditioners were first created by Willis Haviland Carrier. Jun 1, 1937 Alan Turing developed the concept of a theoretical computing machine. Jan 15, 1943 The Colossus, a code- break machine, was developed by Alan Turing Jun 5, 1943 Tommy Flowers created the Colossus. Feb 14, 1962 Steve Russell and MIT created, Spacewar, the first computer game. Jul 14, 1963 Douglas Engelbart created the first computer mouse. Jan 21, 1970 The RAM chip was created! May 1, 1971 Alan Shugart and IBM created the first Floppy disk. Oct 5, 1971 Email was first created by Ray Tomlinson Jun 16, 1972 CDs’ were first created in the United States. Apr 3, 1973 The first cell phone was created by Martin Cooper Apr 4, 1975 Altair produces the first portable computer. Apr 4, 1975 Bill Gates and Paul Allan created Microsoft. Apr 1, 1976 Apple computers were first created by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs Aug 23, 1978 Magnetic Tape was developed by the United States. Jan 2, 1979 WordStar Software (Word processors) was created by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston. Nov 10, 1983 Microsoft Windows was created! Nov 17, 1985 The Nintendo was created! Aug 6, 1991 The World Wide Web was introduced! Apr 4, 1994 Yahoo! was founded! Jul 16, 1995 Amazon.com was founded by Jeff Bezos Aug 12, 1995 Java was founded! Sep 3, 1995 Ebay was founded by Pierre Omidyar Jul 14, 1996 Hotmail was launched! Nov 10, 1997 MP3.com was founded by Michael Robertson and Greg Flores. Sep 7, 1998 Google was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Jan 7, 2001 Xbox was created by Bill Gates. Oct 23, 2001 iPod was created by Apple. Aug 29, 2003 Skype was founded. Sep 4, 2004 Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg. Feb 14, 2005 Steve Chen, Chad Hurkey and Jawed Karim founded Youtube.
