Random conversation in Matt McGrath’s office a couple years ago after reading Nick Chrisman’s book we all knew

Ronald Reagan announces GPS signals would be available for civilian use after the Soviet downing of a Korean Air Lines 747 (KAL 007)

• Ronald Reagan announces GPS signals would be available for civilian use after the Soviet downing of a Korean Air Lines 747 (KAL 007)

• Strayed into Soviet airspace due to single digit error when programming navigational computer; 269 people killed

Bjarne Stroustrup (Bell Labs) published The C++ Programming Language after inventing the language

• Bjarne Stroustrup (Bell Labs) published The C++ Programming Language after inventing the language

• Work begun in 1979 when attempting to add Simula-like features to C (termed C with Classes)
• Later becomes the dominant Object-Oriented language

• Symbolics registered the first .COM domain name

• Microsoft released Windows 1.0 and Word