Hanover, New Hampshire: Birthplace of BASIC
Historical marker commemorates Dartmouth College math professor John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz, who in 1964 created the famous user-friendly computer programming language.
- Address:
- 194 Lebanon St., Hanover, NH
- Directions:
- 1.5 miles south of downtown. On the east side of NH-120/Lebanon St., just south of the Public Works Facility.
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Quick stop over when visiting Quichee, NH. Just a historical marker on the roadside. Route to the Public Works department and you can't miss the sign.
[DigitalEd, 07/03/2023]Nearby Offbeat Places
Main Street Museum - Cabinet of Curiosities, White River Junction, VT - 4 mi.
La Salette Shrine, Enfield, NH - 8 mi.
Experimental Balloon and Airship Museum, Post Mills, VT - 14 mi.In the region:
Petroglyphs with Antennae, Bellows Falls, VT - 39 mi.
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