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When was the cursor first demonstrated publicly?

→  The cursor was first demonstrated at Douglas Engelbart's famous 'Mother of All Demos' on December 9, 1968, in San Francisco.

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When was the cursor first demonstrated publicly?

The cursor was first demonstrated at Douglas Engelbart's famous 'Mother of All Demos' on December 9, 1968, in San Francisco.

This groundbreaking 90-minute demonstration introduced the mouse, hypertext, video conferencing, and real-time collaborative editing. The cursor was essential to showing how these innovations worked together.

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