January 16
Geek Events to celebrate on January 16:
1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented by Elio Antonio de Nebrija to Queen Queen Isabella I of Spain. This was the first book to focus on the study of the rules of a Western European language besides Latin.
1909 – Ernest Shackleton‘s expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
1986 – First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force.