Date in year · 1982 · The 1980s
On January 30, 1982, richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner". The year's #1 song was "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John. Taran Killam, Andreas Thorkildsen, Andre Ethier would arrive in the same year.
Events
1
Births
3
Deaths
0
Year
1982
1980s
Featured · January 30, 1982
Richard J. Skrenta Jr. is an American computer programmer and Silicon Valley entrepreneur who created the web search engine Blekko.
Around 1982
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1982nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 982nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 82nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1980s decade.
What happened
American computer programmer (born 1967)
Richard J. Skrenta Jr. is an American computer programmer and Silicon Valley entrepreneur who created the web search engine Blekko.
Arrivals
Elsewhere that year
The class of 1982
Step through
Keep going
