AUGUST 12
1851:Isaac Singer of New York City is granted a patent for a revolutionary double-treadle home sewing machine.
1970: Janis Joplin performs in public for the last time,
ending her set with the Full Tilt Boogie Band at Harvard Stadium in
Boston with a rendition of George Gershwin's "Summertime." Joplin will die of a heroin overdose less than two months later, at age 27.
1981: IBM releases its first personal computer, which comes equipped with 16 kilobytes of memory and goes on sale for $1,565.
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