Add years in which some events occurred. I wasn't able to confirm

that the dates themselves are correct.

Clarify the date when DoJ dropped its suit against IBM.
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Greg Lehey 2003-04-28 00:32:10 +00:00
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01/08 Justice Dept. drops IBM suit, 1982
01/10 First CDC 1604 delivered to Navy, 1960
01/16 Set uid bit patent issued, to Dennis Ritchie, 1979
01/17 Justice Dept. begins IBM anti-trust suit, 1969 (drops it, 01/08/82)
01/17 Justice Dept. begins IBM anti-trust suit, 1969 (drops it, January 8, 1982)
01/24 DG Nova introduced, 1969
01/25 First U.S. meeting of ALGOL definition committee, 1958
01/26 EDVAC demonstrated, 1952
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04/04 Tandy Corp. acquires Radio Shack, 1963 (9 stores)
04/07 IBM announces System/360, 1964
04/09 ENIAC Project begun, 1943
04/28 Zilog Z-80 introduced
04/28 Zilog Z-80 introduced, 1976
05/06 EDSAC demonstrated, 1949
05/01 First BASIC program run at Dartmouth, 1964
05/16 First report on SNOBOL distributed (within BTL), 1963
05/19 UNIX is 10000 days old, 1997
05/21 DEC announces PDP-8
05/21 DEC announces PDP-8, 1965
05/22 Ethernet first described, 1973
05/27 First joint meeting of U.S. and European ALGOL definition cte., 1958
05/28 First meeting of COBOL definition cte. (eventually CODASYL), 1959
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06/02 First issue of Computerworld, 1967
06/10 First Apple II shipped, 1977
06/15 UNIVAC I delivered to the Census Bureau, 1951
06/16 First programming error at Census Bureau, 1951 (apocryphal)
06/16 First publicized programming error at Census Bureau, 1951
06/23 IBM unbundles software, 1969
06/23 Turing's Birthday, 1912
06/30 First advanced degree on computer related topic: to H. Karamanian,
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10/08 First VisiCalc prototype, 1978
10/12 Univac gives contract for SIMULA compiler to Nygaard and Dahl, 1962
10/14 British Computer Society founded, 1957
10/15 First FORTRAN Programmer's Reference Manual published
10/15 First FORTRAN Programmer's Reference Manual published, 1956
10/20 Zurich ALGOL report published, 1958
10/25 DEC announces VAX-11/780
11/04 UNIVAC I program predicts Eisenhower victory based on 7% of votes, 1952