Today in computer history: May 12
The 132th day of 2022. There are 233 days left in the year from this day.
May 12, 192399 years ago
Eugene Kleiner was born, one of the founders of Fairchild Semiconductor. Died November 20, 2003 (Age: 80).
May 12, 193686 years ago
August Dvorak receives a patent for the Dvorak keyboard.
May 12, 194181 years ago
German Konrad Zuse finishes the Z3 computer, a fully program-operational calculating machine and introduces it in Berlin.
May 12, 199428 years ago
ANSI approved the ATA standard.
May 12, 20175 years ago
The WannaCry ransomware attack began to attack computers running Microsoft Windows.
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