The first computer program in BASIC ran OTD in 1964

As BASIC returns to my radar, this was a bit of lovely timing on Twitter lately:

The first computer program in BASIC ran OTD in 1964. The language was designed by John Kemeny, Thomas Kurtz and Sister Mary Kenneth Keller. She, the next year, was the first US woman to earn a PhD in computer science.

The program:

10 PRINT 2+2
20 END

I love learning about these pockets of history.

Source: twitter.com