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April 7, 1964

On April 7, 1964, iBM announces the System/360. The year's #1 song was "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles. Davis Love III, Niall Ferguson, John Carney would arrive in the same year.

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On April 7, 1964

  1. 1964 IBM announces the System/360.

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    International Business Machines Corporation, doing business as IBM, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is a publicly traded company and one of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. S.

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Davis Love III 1964– American golfer and sportscaster
Niall Ferguson 1964– Scottish historian and academic
John Carney 1964– American football player
Crispin Glover 1964– American actor and filmmaker
Andy Serkis 1964– English actor and director
Rosalynn Sumners 1964– American figure skater

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