On this day in 1947, a moth became the first reported computer "bug"
Ben_Reinhardt · x · 2026-09-09
Engineer BenReinhardt commemorates a classic tech-history moment: in 1947, a moth found inside the Harvard Mark II became the first recorded computer "bug," taped into the logbook.
He also notes that on this day in 1891, Edison patented the Kinetoscope — one of the first things ever filmed was a man sneezing.
Related event: The First Computer Bug Was a Real Moth(2 posts)→
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