History of Python

1. Python was developed by Guido van Rossum in the late eighties and early nineties at the National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science in Netherland.    
2. Python is derived from many other languages, including ABC, Modula-3, C, C++, Algol-68, SmallTalk, and Unix shell and other scripting languages. 
3.  Python is copyrighted. Like Perl, Python source code is now available under the GNU General Public License (GPL). 
4. Python is now maintained by a core development team at the institute, although Guido van Rossum still holds a vital role in directing its progress. 
5. Python 1.0 was released in 1994. 
6. In 2000, Python 2.0 was released. Python 2.7.18 is the latest edition of Python 2. 
7. Meanwhile, Python 3.0 was released in 2008. 
8. Python 3 is not backward compatible with Python 2. 
9. Python 3.8.5  is the latest version of Python 3 

for more detail version history refer the below table.

Python Version	Released Date
Python 1.0	January 1994
Python 1.5	December 31, 1997
Python 1.6	September 5, 2000
Python 2.0	October 16, 2000
Python 2.1	April 17, 2001
Python 2.3	July 29, 2003
Python 2.4	November 30, 2004
Python 2.5	September 19, 2006
Python 2.6	October 1, 2008
Python 2.7	July 3, 2010
Python 3.0	December 3, 2008
Python 3.1	June 27, 2009
Python 3.2	February 20, 2011
Python 3.3	September 29, 2012
Python 3.4	March 16, 2014
Python 3.5	September 13, 2015
Python 3.6	December 23, 2016
Python 3.7	June 27, 2018
Python 3.8	October 14, 2019

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