This Day in History – November 2
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Today is the 306th day of 2026. There are 59 days left in the year
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
1988: A computer science student named Robert Morris releases, from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) computer, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain mainstream media attention; meant as an experiment, it instead brings some 6,000 computers (one-tenth of the Internet) to a halt as it infects MIT, the Pentagon, and six universities.
OTHER EVENTS
1841: The Second Afghan War s
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
1988: A computer science student named Robert Morris releases, from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) computer, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain mainstream media attention; meant as an experiment, it instead brings some 6,000 computers (one-tenth of the Internet) to a halt as it infects MIT, the Pentagon, and six universities.
OTHER EVENTS
1841: The Second Afghan War s
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