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==Computer science== * July 13 β [[John McCarthy (computer scientist)|John McCarthy]] (Dartmouth), [[Marvin Minsky]] (MIT), [[Claude Shannon]] (Bell Labs) and [[Nathaniel Rochester (computer scientist)|Nathaniel Rochester]] (IBM) assemble the first coordinated research meeting on the topic of [[artificial intelligence]], at [[Dartmouth College]], [[Hanover, New Hampshire]], in the United States. * September 13 β The [[hard disk drive]] is invented by an [[IBM]] team led by [[Reynold B. Johnson]]. * [[TX-0]] [[transistor]]ized computer completed at [[MIT Lincoln Laboratory]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/TCMR-V08.pdf|title=The TX-0: Its Past and Present|journal=The Computer Museum Report|volume=8|date=Spring 1984|publisher=[[The Computer Museum, Boston]]|accessdate=2021-02-13|pages=2β11}}</ref>
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