What Happened in January Jan 01 1945 Eckert and Mauchly Sign a Contract to Build the EDVAC Jan 01 1920 Mailufterl's Developer Heinz Zemanek Born Jan 01 1971 The IEEE Computer Group Becomes the IEEE Computer Society Jan 02 1975 Gates and Allen Name "Micro-Soft" Jan 03 1977 Apple Computer, Inc. is Incorporated Jan 03 1983 Time Names Computer "Man of the Year" Jan 04 1972 Hewlett-Packard Introduces the HP-35 Jan 05 1962 The First Reference to Simula in Writing Is Made Jan 06 2010 Computer Scientist Fabrice Bellard Announces Computing Pi to Record Number of Digits Jan 07 1963 Ivan Sutherland Introduces the Sketchpad Jan 08 1889 Herman Hollerith Receives a Patent for the Hollerith Tabulating Machine Jan 09 1925 IBM's 360 Team Member Erich Bloch Born Jan 10 1938 Donald Knuth Born Jan 11 1960 ACM/GAMM Committee Convenes to Develop Algol Jan 11 1934 C.A.R. Hoare, the Developer of the Axiomatic Approach, Born Jan 12 1997 The Fictional HAL 9000 Computer Becomes Operational Jan 13 1874 The US Patent Office Issues a Patent for the Spalding Adding Machine Jan 14 1919 IBM's 701 Chief Architect Nathaniel Rochester Born Jan 15 1986 The National Science Foundation Opens the National Center for Supercomputer Applications (NCSA). Jan 16 1956 SAGE Is Disclosed to the Public Jan 17 2012 Jerry Yang Resigns from Yahoo's Board Jan 18 1938 J.W. Bryce Outlines the Harvard Mark I Jan 19 1983 Apple Computer Introduces the Lisa Jan 20 1988 IBM's PS/2 Technology to be Cloned Jan 21 1888 Babbage's Analytical Engine Passes the First Test Jan 22 1984 Apple Computer Launches the Macintosh Jan 23 1959 Robert Noyce Conceives the Idea for a Practical Integrated Circuit Jan 24 1948 IBM Dedicates the SSEC Jan 24 1984 Apple Macintosh is released. Jan 25 1979 Robot Kills Auto Worker Jan 26 1997 Electronic vs. Paper Books in SF Library Jan 27 1994 Jim Clark Leaves Silicon Graphics to Start Mosaic Communications Jan 28 1952 Bank of America and SRI Sign a Contract to Develop ERMA's Pilot Model Jan 29 2004 Manufacturer Responds to Report of Poor Security in Electronic Voting Machines Jan 30 1925 Douglas Engelbart Born Jan 30 1952 Two New Primes Found with SWAC Jan 31 1995 AT&T and VLSI Protect Against Eavesdropping
