Computer Science
- October 2 (11:45 p.m.) - The ENIAC computer is deactivated at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, having been in continuous operation since 1947.
- Maurice Wilkes publishes a description of microprogramming in Electrical Engineering.
- RAND publishes A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates.
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