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Historical event · August 7, 1944

The Mark I Computer (1944)

Delivered to Harvard in 1944, the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, later called the Mark I, was designed by Howard Aiken and built by IBM for automatic calculation.

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19441944The Mark I Computer (1944) enters the civic record here.1636Harvard UniversityHarvard, founded in 1636 by vote of the Massachusetts Bay Colony's Great and General Court, is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States.
Date
August 7, 1944
Public connections
2
Sources
2

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The Mark I Computer (1944)Located in🏙️ CambridgeAssociated with🎓 Harvard University
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Memorial Hall

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Harvard Art Museums

University · 6 min walk

Harvard University

Historical context

Founding of Harvard College (1636)1636First Printing Press in British America (1638)1638
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Memorial HallBuilding / LandmarkHarvard Art MuseumsMuseum / CulturalHarvard UniversityUniversityHarvard YardBuilding / LandmarkFounding of Harvard College (1636)Historical event
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First Printing Press in British America (1638)Historical eventRadcliffe College Founded (1879)Historical event
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Cambridge400.comGuideToHarvard.comHarvard400.com · you are here

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Reviewed byDurjoy Ace Bhattacharjya
83
High confidence
How this is scored →
✓Source qualityBest source is primary / institutional
✓Independent corroboration2 resolvable sources
✓Review stateReview attributed to durjoy-ace-campus-editor
✓Institutional backingCites a primary or institutional source
✓Record completeness80% of canonical fields present
Sources, by tier
Harvard IBM Mark I: About Primary / institutional
Harvard University Primary / institutional
Review date: 2026-08-23
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Relationship density25
2 connections
Record coverage66
metadata completeness
Graph authority62
centrality + reach + trust
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