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Manchester Baby First Run

The Manchester Baby (SSEM) successfully executes its first stored program, marking the birth of modern computing. Frederic Williams, Tom Kilburn, and Geoff Tootill watch in tense anticipation as the machine processes instructions, culminating in a moment of triumph.

Year 1948
Date 6/21
Location University Of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Layer 2
Visibility HIDDEN
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Key Figures

Frederic Williams Tom Kilburn Geoff Tootill Lab Assistant
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 546 linked moments

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Manchester Baby First Run
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Manchester Baby First Run
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Manchester Baby runs first stored-program program
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First Run of the Manchester Baby
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First Execution of the Manchester Baby (SSEM)
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Manchester Baby First Program Run
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First Successful Test of the Manchester Baby
First Successful Test of the Manchester Baby
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Manchester Baby First Run
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Manchester Baby First Run
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Manchester Baby runs first stored-program program
1948 · contemporaneous
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First Run of the Manchester Baby
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First Execution of the Manchester Baby (SSEM)
1948 · contemporaneous
Manchester Baby First Program Run
Manchester Baby First Program Run
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First Successful Test of the Manchester Baby
First Successful Test of the Manchester Baby
1948 · contemporaneous
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Manchester Baby first program run
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Manchester Baby First Program Run
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Manchester Baby First Successful Run
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Manchester Baby First Successful Run
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Manchester Mark 1 First Program
1949 · same era
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Publication of 'Computing Machinery and Intelligence'
1950 · same era
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Manchester Mark 1 First Run
1949 · same era
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Manchester Mark 1 First Program Run
1949 · same era
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ACE Pilot Model First Program Run
1950 · same era
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First Program Run on the Pilot ACE
1950 · same era
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EDSAC First Operation
1949 · same era
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Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
1953 · same era
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Blitz on London
1940 · same era
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Closing of the Festival of Britain
1951 · same era
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Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
1953 · same era
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1951 United Kingdom General Election
1951 · same era
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1953 FA Cup Final
1953 · same era
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ACE Pilot Model runs first program
1950 · same era
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Trooping the Colour 1953
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First Program Run on the Manchester Mark 1
1949 · same era
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Alan Turing publishes 'Computing Machinery and Intelligence'
1950 · same era
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First major air raid on Rochester
1940 · same era