In 1949 – George Orwell’s book Nineteen Eighty-Four was published. The book still affects notions of privacy and inspired the iconic Apple commercial that introduced the Macintosh computer.
In 1955 – Tim Berners-Lee was born in London. He grew up to develop the World Wide Web.
In 2008 – Apple announced Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
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