Alan Turing and the Countability of Computable Numbers

On May 28, 1936

Alan Turing submitted his paper “On Computable Numbers” for publication, in which he set out the hypothetical basis for modern computers.

This Day in History - May 28

1952

The women of Greece were given the right to vote.

2016

Harambe the Gorilla was shot to death inside his enclosure in the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden.

1830

US President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act.

1934

The Dionne quintuplets were born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne, who later became the first quintuplets to survive infancy.

1956

Eisenhower signed a farm bill that allowed the government to store agricultural surplus.

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