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Dec 18
Konrad Zuse died in Hünfeld, 1995. Zuse was an engineer and a pioneer in the computer field. He developed the world's first functional program-controlled computer, the Z3, in 1941. He also designed the first high-level programming language, Plankaklul in 1948, although the langauge was never implemented during his lifetime. He also founded the first dot-com, before there were dot-coms, in 1946. source
Dec 18
Republic Day in Niger. Niger is a landlocked nation in West Africa (barely ... almost Central Africa). The official language is French, and it includes 1.26 million square kilometers of land.

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