07 Aug 44: IBM dedicates the pioneering computer notable for producing reliable results and its ability to run 24/7. It soon will be used to help the US Navy produce tables for aiming artillery shells and bombs. It was 55 ft long and 8 ft high, weighed in at 5 tons and contained 760,000 components and 500 miles of wire. Its clickety-clack sounded like a "roomful of ladies knitting." #WWII