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ENIAC Public Unveiling

The ENIAC, the world's first general-purpose electronic computer, is being unveiled to the public for the first time. Its creators, John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, demonstrate its capabilities to

Year 1946
Date 2/14
Location Moore School Of Electrical Engineering, Philadelphia, Usa
Layer 2
Visibility PUBLIC
tax:foundational-computing-hardware

Key Figures

John Mauchly J. Presper Eckert Military Officer Journalist Assistant
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 168 linked moments

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ENIAC Public Demonstration
1946 · contemporaneous
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ENIAC Unveiled
1946 · contemporaneous
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ENIAC Public Demonstration
1946 · same location
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Proclamation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
1918 · same figure
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ENIAC First Program Run
1945 · same figure
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Adolf Hitler assumes the title of Führer and Reich Chancellor
1934 · same figure
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Sputnik 1 Launch
1957 · same figure
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Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
1933 · same figure
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Proclamation of the Hungarian Democratic Republic
1918 · same figure
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Soyuz 1 Crash
1967 · same figure
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Vostok 2 Launch
1961 · same figure
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Launch of Explorer 1
1958 · same figure
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Proclamation of the Republic of German-Austria
1918 · same figure
Soyuz 1 Crash
Soyuz 1 Crash
1967 · same figure
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Dedication of the ENIAC
1946 · same figure
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ENIAC Unveiled
1946 · same figure
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ENIAC Public Demonstration
1946 · same figure
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Launch of Sputnik 1
1957 · same figure
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Sputnik 1 launched into orbit
1957 · same figure
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Soyuz 1
1967 · same figure
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Sputnik 1 Launch
1957 · same figure
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Vostok 1
1961 · same figure
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Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7)
1962 · same figure
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Appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor
1933 · same figure
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ENIAC Unveiling
1946 · same figure
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ENIAC Public Unveiling
1946 · contemporaneous
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ENIAC Public Unveiling
1946 · same figure
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Sputnik 1 Launch
1957 · same figure
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Launch of Sputnik 1
1957 · same figure
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First Soviet atomic bomb test (RDS-1)
1949 · same figure
Founding of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Founding of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
1947 · same figure
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Soyuz 1 Disaster
1967 · same figure
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Launch of Sputnik 2
1957 · same figure
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Launch of Explorer 1
1958 · same figure
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Sputnik 1 launch
1957 · same figure
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Launch of Sputnik 1
1957 · same figure