Diversity Day by Day: January

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The history of computer science is often presented as almost completely white and male. Here is a more diverse day by day version, It may start sparse but we will fill it in with links to cs4fn articles as we come across diverse events. We will celebrate the contributions of computer scientists whether men, women, LGBTQ+, disabled or not, and of whatever ethnicity, religion or country of birth.

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January 1 1992
Grace Hopper dies.
Bugs, languages ad compilers
January 2 1938
Lynn Conway born
Revolutionising Chip Design
January 3
January 4 1809
Louis Braille born
Letters represented in binary
January 5 2003
Daphne Oram died
The dawn of music humans can’t play
January 6 2017
Film Hidden Figures released
NASA’s brilliant calculators
January 7 1943
Nikola Tesla died
Prolific inventor who won the AC/DC battle
January 8, 1889
Herman Hollerith  patented Electric Tabulating System First use of punch cards for data
January 9 1938
Gary Starkweather born
inventor of the laser printer.
January 10 1747
Abraham-Louis Breguet born
Invented the Tactful Watch
An example of tech suitable for blind people
January 11 2021
Paul Taylor died
pioneer in development of telecommunications devices for the deaf 
January 12
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January 14 1967
Kimberly Bryant born
created Black Girls Code
January 15
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January 17 1949
Anita Borg born
Research in operating systems, design of high-speed memory systems and email systems. Supported women in CS
January 18
January 19 2000
Hedy Lamarr died
Actress and inventor
The movie star, the piano player and the torpedo
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January 24 2023
Tanya Beri wins a UKRI Young Innovators Award
For an app that route-finds least polluted routes STORY TO COME
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A naked mole-rat with a privacy bar over its eyes
January 29 2018
Julie Freeman thesis published on Defining Data as an Art Material
January 2015
Polona Tomašic publishes work on use of genetic algorithms to create slogans
Lookind down at walking boots
January 2014
Freddie Figgers sells rights to GPS shoe: the abandoned baby who became a runaway tech star

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