American computer programmer and logic designer best known for her work on the LINC computer. LINC is generally regarded as the world’s first personal computer.
Mary Allen Wilkes was born on 25 September, 1937
Today's Events: 20 April
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Apollo 16 lands on the moon
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First human organ replacement
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Vitaphone process – add sound to film – announced
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Radium chloride refined by Marie and Pierre Curie
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Secchi disk demonstrated
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Theory of spontaneous generation proven false
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Rare Sun Dog phenomenon observed in Stockholm
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David Filo Birthday
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Slavoljub Eduard Penkala Birthday
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Fred Fish Death Anniversary
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Kathleen Antonelli Death Anniversary
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Rudolph Dirks Death Anniversary
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Giuseppe Peano Death Anniversary
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Karl Ferdinand Braun Death Anniversary
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Bram Stoker Death Anniversary
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