Inventor Mauchly Predicts the Future
Nov. 1, 1962 - Pocket-sized computers may eliminate the housewife’s weekly shopping list. Electronic communication would tell the store...
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Mar 12, 2022
Pan Am to Utilize Worldwide Electronic Reservations System
Mar. 12, 1962 - Pan American World Airways signed a multimillion-dollar contract today for a worldwide electronic reservations and...
Sep 17, 2021
Computer Says Maris Unlikely to Break Ruth’s Record
Sept. 17, 1961 - Despite hitting his 57th home run yesterday, Roger Maris's chances of breaking Babe Ruth's home-run record are extremely...
Aug 29, 2021
IBM Computer "Casey" Predicts Maris, not Mantle, Will Break Ruth's Record
Aug. 29, 1961 - A baseball expert who has never watched a game or read a box score was confronted today with one of the year's most...
Aug 5, 2021
Columbia Student and his Computer Conclude "Iliad" Composed by One Man
Aug. 5, 1961 - A graduate student at Columbia University has enlisted the aid of a modern electronic computer to solve a problem of...
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