Editor’s Note:As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day throughout 2025 will share interesting facts about our hometown. Compiled by Liz Carey, all are notable moments in the city’s history — some funny, some sad, others heartbreaking or celebratory, and some just downright strange.
When the first IBM Selectric typewriter rolled off the assembly line in Lexington, it was marked a major change for the city.
The International Business Machines Corporation, or IBM, was founded in 1911. While they’re known now for microprocessors, when the company started, they were creating cash registers, time clocks and the Electric Tabulating Machine — a precursor to the modern personal computer…