The Z3 (opens in new tab)

May 12, 1941 German engineer Konrad Zuse unveils the Z3, now generally recognized as the first fully functional, programmable computer. Because Germany was fighting World War II, not much was known about the Z3 until after the war. It was an electromechanical computer so it was not the world’s first fully electronic computer although plans… The Z3 is original content of This Day in Tech History.