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#OnThisDay, 8 Apr 1959, Mary K Hawes initiates a project to create the first universal programming language for computers used by businesses and government. Grace Hopper led the team that then created COBOL. Some mainframes are still using it.
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Grace Hopper with a bank of mainframes and the COBOL manual. She is a white woman with light hair.
Grace Hopper at the controls of a computer, surrounded by white men in ties. She is a white woman with light hair.