1918 Jay Forrester - Inventor of computer memory. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he later became a professor and researcher. In 1945, he founded MIT's Digital Computer Laboratory and helped build an early digital computer called the Whirlwind I. His work at the lab made him realise that existing information storage techniques were slow and unreliable. In 1949, he developed a way to use a magnetic cell to store information. The random-access magnetic core memory became a central feature of most digital computers Wow! 1918. That's really early and I am impressed. 1932 Rosie (Roosevelt) Grier – Football player and actor (Sophisticated Gents, The Big Push, The Seekers, Daniel Boone, Make Room for Granddaddy, The Thing With Two Heads) He used to do needlepoint for relaxation.
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