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Today in mathematics- first computer bug (or really a moth) reported – September 9, 1947
By Eugene Barsky on September 9, 2013
First computer “bug,” an actual moth caught in the machinery of the Harvard Mark II computer, logged at 15:45 hours. More information about: The First Computer Bug Harvard Mark II ** From MAA math blog