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April 8

1959

A female admiral stands at a table of other people and says, 'Yes, everyone will make fun of it, but we must make it good because these doofuses will be using whatever we make for at least 60 years.
April 8 1959: Grace Hopper and her team meet for the first time to begin creating what will eventually become COBOL.