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December 16: Large Hadron Collider Funding Approved
By December 16, 2012

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The funding for the Large Hadron Collider was approved in 1994, Steve Jobs backs out of MacWorld in 2008

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December 5: Richard Wexelblat Recieves First Computer Science Degree
By December 5, 2012

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed 1965 – Richard Wexelblat was the first candidate to complete his doctoral dissertation, hence giving him a degree in “Computer Science“. It was presented at the University of Pennsylvania - Moore School of Electrical Engineering. Richard went on to write the “History of Programming Languages” (ISBN:0-12-745040-8) This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for December 5 Today is the official birth of the Transistor Amazon Crashes HD Support for YouTube

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October 17: Intel 80386DX Processor
By October 16, 2012

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In 1985 Intel released the 80386 DX processor. The 275,000 transistor chip was a big jump from the 20 MHz 286.

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October 3: Captain Kangaroo, Mickey Mouse, Buffalo Wings Debut
By October 2, 2012

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Captain Kangaroo and Mickey Mouse Club debuted in 1955. Buffalo Wings debuted in 1964

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