"If Babbage hadlived seventy-fiveyears later I wouldhave been out of ajob."The MarkI washuge (51ft x 8 ft)Commanderin the USNavyReserveKicked hisdad out ofthe house in8th gradeAiken diedon March14th,1973Was anEntrepreneurGot so boredat work thathe learnedhow to knitsocksAiken wasborn onMarch 8th,1900 inHoboken NJAlsocreatedMark II,III, IVPaved theway for BillGates andothersInspired byCharlesBabbage'sdifferenceengineHe was aPhysicist,Electricalengineer, and aMathematicianSponsoredby IBM“Don't worry aboutpeople stealing anidea. If its anoriginal, you willhave to ram itdown theirthroats.”Father ofthecomputerageReceiveda Ph. D.fromHarvardHe wasmarried3 timesHe wasan onlychildHe judgedothersrigorously"There’s myeducation incomputers, rightthere; this is thewhole thing,everything I tookout of a book."He went toschool duringthe day andworked 8 hoursin the night.Formed aNY basedconsultantfirmHis parentswere German,but hisnationality isAmerican.Mark I:world’s firstprogram-controlledcalculator"If Babbage hadlived seventy-fiveyears later I wouldhave been out of ajob."The MarkI washuge (51ft x 8 ft)Commanderin the USNavyReserveKicked hisdad out ofthe house in8th gradeAiken diedon March14th,1973Was anEntrepreneurGot so boredat work thathe learnedhow to knitsocksAiken wasborn onMarch 8th,1900 inHoboken NJAlsocreatedMark II,III, IVPaved theway for BillGates andothersInspired byCharlesBabbage'sdifferenceengineHe was aPhysicist,Electricalengineer, and aMathematicianSponsoredby IBM“Don't worry aboutpeople stealing anidea. If its anoriginal, you willhave to ram itdown theirthroats.”Father ofthecomputerageReceiveda Ph. D.fromHarvardHe wasmarried3 timesHe wasan onlychildHe judgedothersrigorously"There’s myeducation incomputers, rightthere; this is thewhole thing,everything I tookout of a book."He went toschool duringthe day andworked 8 hoursin the night.Formed aNY basedconsultantfirmHis parentswere German,but hisnationality isAmerican.Mark I:world’s firstprogram-controlledcalculator

Howard Hathaway Aiken - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. "If Babbage had lived seventy-five years later I would have been out of a job."
  2. The Mark I was huge (51 ft x 8 ft)
  3. Commander in the US Navy Reserve
  4. Kicked his dad out of the house in 8th grade
  5. Aiken died on March 14th, 1973
  6. Was an Entrepreneur
  7. Got so bored at work that he learned how to knit socks
  8. Aiken was born on March 8th, 1900 in Hoboken NJ
  9. Also created Mark II, III, IV
  10. Paved the way for Bill Gates and others
  11. Inspired by Charles Babbage's difference engine
  12. He was a Physicist, Electrical engineer, and a Mathematician
  13. Sponsored by IBM
  14. “Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If its an original, you will have to ram it down their throats.”
  15. Father of the computer age
  16. Received a Ph. D. from Harvard
  17. He was married 3 times
  18. He was an only child
  19. He judged others rigorously
  20. "There’s my education in computers, right there; this is the whole thing, everything I took out of a book."
  21. He went to school during the day and worked 8 hours in the night.
  22. Formed a NY based consultant firm
  23. His parents were German, but his nationality is American.
  24. Mark I: world’s first program-controlled calculator