Computer Science
- April 7 - RFC 1, the first Request for Comments document from the Internet Engineering Task Force, is published.
- October 29 - The first ARPANET message is sent, between computers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Stanford Research Institute.
- November 21 - The first permanent ARPANET link is established, between Interface Message Processors at UCLA and Stanford.
- The laser printer is invented at Xerox by Gary Starkweather.
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