♂ Thomas W Koffel

1890 - 1978

Thomas W Koffel
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1890


Sep 8
1890 • The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to tabulate census returns using punched card input, a landmark in the history of computing hardware. Hollerith's company eventually becomes IBM.

1921


Age: 30y
1921 • Dr. Marie Stopes opens the first birth control clinic in London, England.

1924


Age: 33y
1924 • Astronomer Edwin Hubble announces that Andromeda, previously believed to be a nebula, is actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is only one of many such galaxies in the universe.

1927


Age: 36y
1927 Léon Daudet, the leader of the French monarchists, is arrested in France.

1978


Nov 5
Age: 88y
1978 • Publication of The Times is suspended due to labor problems until November 13, 1979.

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