The Start of Computer Dating

Witness History: Archive 2014 - A podcast by BBC World Service

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In 1965, a pioneering computer dating scheme, Operation Match, was launched in the USA.Student Edward Reingold, one of thousands of young Americans who signed up, went on to find the love of his life.Photo: Edward Reingold and Ruth Nothmann, who met via Operation Match, in their early days of courtship.