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Douglas Engelbart

Douglas Engelbart was born at January 30, 1925 in Portland, Oregon. When he was younger he didn’t play any sports. He died July 2, 2013, Atherton, California. He got married at May 5, 1951. He was married for 47 years.
Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse you’re using right now. The only reason he invented the computer mouse is because he went to school. He graduate from Franklin High School in Portland in 1942. Then he went somewhere special and that is that he went to NASA. A precursor to NASA.
His early life was good. He had four children with his wife Ballard. He served two years in the United
States Navy. I bet that was hard. I bet she was beautiful.

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