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26/06/2014 GMT

The Start of Computer Dating

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Start of Computer Dating

In 1965 a pioneering computer dating scheme, Operation Match, launched in the USA.

In 1965 a pioneering computer dating scheme, Operation Match, was launched in the USA.

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.

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