🎂 Alan Turing, father of computer science (1912)
Where: Maida Vale, London
Nearby on the globe: Westminster Abbey → 🌍 Open the 3D globe
📅 On This Day: June 23
June 23, 1912: Alan Turing, father of computer science. English mathematician Alan Turing was born on this day in 1912 in Maida Vale, London. He imagined a machine that calculates by following rules, laying the foundations for today's computers. That is why he is called the father of computer science.
✨ More events on this day
- 1868 💡 Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for his "Type-Writer," and his later design gave us the QWERTY keyboard layout still used on computers.
- 1887 🌿 Canada created its first national park, Banff, in the Rocky Mountains, famous for turquoise lakes, hot springs, glaciers and wild elk.
- 1894 🏅 Pierre de Coubertin and others founded the International Olympic Committee in Paris to bring back the Olympic Games, which restarted two years later in Athens.
🧠 Question of the day
Turing is called the father of what?
- Computer science
- Opera
- Soccer
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Answer: Computer science
🎂 Landmarks that opened on June 23
Questions
What happened on June 23?
June 23, 1912: Alan Turing, father of computer science. It happened in Maida Vale, London.
Which landmarks opened on June 23?
Stockholm City Hall (inaugurated 1923), Marina Bay Sands (opened 2010), Wilshire Grand Center (completed 2017).
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