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By consumeristcarey June 29, 2007

40 years ago, John Shepard Barron invented the ATM after being locked out of his bank. Happy birthday, ATMs!

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Comments

  1. leejames says:
    June 29, 2007 at 10:31 pm

    And after 40 years I still have to tell the ATM whether I want English or Spanish. Even though I’ve picked the exact same thing 500 times before.

    … maybe this is why I don’t get invited to more birthday parties.

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