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Dr. Herman Hollerith Dr. Herman Hollerith conducts the first practical test of his tabulating system in recording and tabulating vital statistics for the Baltimore (Maryland) Department of Health. He would receive the first patents for his Electric Tabulating Machine in 1889. Hollerith will later form one of IBM's predecessor companies.

 

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