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What happened on the day of September 14 through the years? Read on to learn about the day’s highlights.
The RAMAC 350 was the first computer with a disk drive and was aimed primarily at businesses conducting real-time transactions. RAMAC stands for Random Access Method of Accounting and Control. The RAMAC 350, which was one of IBM’s last vacuum-tube computers, was replaced by the IBM 1401 in the early 1960s.
The first man-made object Luna 2 crashed on the moon’s surface, becoming the first man-made object to reach the moon in what many call the space race between the world’s two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union.
Nour Muhammad Taraki took office less than a year ago when he was shot dead by order of Hafizullah Amin. Amin took over as president after the assassination and ruled for only 3 months before the Soviets killed him during Operation Storm 333.
The popular American comedy about 4 single women and elderly people living together in a house in Miami, Florida ran for 6 seasons on NBC. The show’s main characters are played by Beatrice Arthur, Estelle Getty, McClanahan Street, and Betty White, all of whom have won an Emmy for their acting in the show. The series has also won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series and 3 Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series.
The Millennium Edition was the last operating system in the Windows 9x series.