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.

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