What Happened in September Sep 01 1994 US Library of Congress Starts "Virtual Library" Project Sep 02 1997 IBM Announces Improved Chess-Playing Supercomputer Sep 03 1982 Steve Wozniak's US Festival Begins Sep 04 1927 AI Pioneer McCarthy Born Sep 05 1980 The Last IBM STRETCH Supercomputer Is Shut Down Sep 06 1997 The US Navy Commissions the USS Hopper Sep 07 1981 The ILLIAC IV Supercomputer Is Shut Down Sep 08 1966 The First Episode of Star Trek Airs Sep 09 1947 First Instance of Actual Computer Bug Being Found Sep 10 1948 Microsoft Word Chief Architect Simonyi Born Sep 11 1940 First Public Remote Computation is Demonstrated Sep 12 1958 Successful Test of the First Integrated Circuit Sep 13 1983 Osborne Computer Declares Bankruptcy Sep 14 1959 Bank of America Accepts the ERMA System Sep 15 1947 The Association for Computing Machinery is Founded Sep 16 1997 Microsoft Unveils Improved WebTV Sep 17 1971 RCA Withdraws from the Computer Market Sep 18 1926 James Cooley Born Sep 19 2012 Beijing Residents Alerted of Anti-Japan Protest Ban via Text Message Sep 20 1954 First FORTRAN Program Runs Sep 20 1983 RSA Algorithm Patent Is Awarded Sep 21 1996 Programming Error May Have Contributed to Plane Crash Sep 22 1986 Computer Code Could Be Copyrighted Sep 23 1785 Difference Engine Builder Scheutz Born Sep 24 1986 Computer Maker Honeywell Seeks Partner Sep 25 1987 IBM Announces "Micro Channel Architecture" Sep 26 1924 IC Pioneer Jean Hoerni Born Sep 27 1996 Hacker Mitnick Indicted on Charges Sep 28 1925 Supercomputer Pioneer Seymour Cray Born Sep 29 1994 HotJava Demonstrated at Sun Microsystems Sep 30 1941 Mauchly Writes Atanasoff Suggesting Cooperative Work Sep 30 1988 IBM Announces Shipment of 3 Millionth PS/2 Personal Computer