Math Holiday: Pi Day Geek events to celebrate on March 14: 1794 – Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin. 1994 – Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released. 1995 – Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle. March 14 birthdays of geeky note: […]
Geek events to celebrate on February 3: 1966 – The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon. February 3 birthdays of geeky note: 1905 – Arne Beurling, Swedish-American mathematician (d. November 20, 1986). In the summer of 1940 he single-handedly deciphered and reverse-engineered an early version of the […]
Geeky events to celebrate on January 21: 1968 – Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space. 1984 – The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to utilize the computer mouse and a window-based graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous “1984” television commercial. January 22 birthdays […]
Geek Events to celebrate on January 20: 1885 – L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster. January 20 birthdays of geeky note: 1930 – Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut 1960 – Will Wright, American computer game designer and co-founder of the game development company Maxis, now part of Electronic Arts. He’s best known as the mastermind behind […]
Geek events to celebrate on January 5: 1896 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Roentgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays 1940 – FM radio is demonstrated to the Federal Communications Commission for the first time. 1972 – U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program. […]
Geek events to celebrate on January 4: 1958 – Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit. 1959 – Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon. January 4 birthdays of geeky note: 1643 – Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian and natural philosopher (d. March 31, […]
Geek events to celebrate on January 4: 1496 – Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine. 1957 – The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. 1977 – Apple Computer is incorporated. 1999 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched. January 3 birthdays of geeky note: 1892 – J.R.R. Tolkien, father of modern […]